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THE AUSTIN PAPERS
• AusTJN TO Mus. ,JAMES F. PERRY
San Felipe May 16, 18a0
Dn. SISTER, I was most a.greeably surprised indeed by .meeting :Mr Perry who hunted me up in the Prairies where I was engaged in surveying the land which has been granted to him by this Govt. It appears to be a singular coinsidence, that he fonnd me on the very spot where I presume we shall spend a large portion of the balance of our lives- he is delighted with the situation and I think you also will be it is on the bay, and is a, very handsome a.nd I think healthy one- The boys can have their fill of fishing, nncl in the winter wild fowl are numerous tho. he will tell you all about it I have conYersecl with him relative to the removal of the bodies of our dear parents nnd I highly approve of their removnl to a church yard- I think that the best place will be the church yard at St Genivieve- They were recognized under the Spirnish Govt. as Catholics and there cannot be any objection to receiving them there, or should the ynr<l there be thrown open and nninclosecl, I ~hould be in favor of taking them to St Louis, of this yon and :Mr P. must be the judges but I am not in fayor of taking them to Potosi for the renson that the burying grounds there are nll on private property and may some clay become common Fields- I wish you would consult :i\fr Carr and Elias Bates on the subject and speak to F. Valle relative to their admission into the Catholic bury- ing ground nt St. Genivieve If they nre taken to St Louis I should prefer the Catholic to any other,_but will leave that solely to you and Mr. Carr, to do as you think proper I do not know in what burying gt·ouncl Uncle and Aunt Elliott and l\frs Can· were buried, and if they were taken to St Louis I should wish if possible that they be placed by the side or near miclc and aunt Elliott and Mrs Carr I wish that a plain decent tomb stone be procnreu, If I should be in a situation to do it I will ·some day have a handsome monument erected over their uraves- • . . b . I nm really happy at the idea of your leaving that cold region, I look forward to many days of peace and enjoyment in this coun- try- I hope in a few years ·to free myself from all my debts and to close my affairs here so that I may live a quiet and retired life in the society of my sister and her family- we must provide a ~eacher to live in the family and educate them well- by the time they will be coming on to the Stage, Texas will present a fine field for men of education and talents- _.Mr P will get ~pa1}ish_bookcs they all ought to learn that langungc I think that John Perry might pass his life more agreeably in this country or in Louisia~a than in that cold region. I should be ha.ppy
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