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THE AUSTIN PAPERS
AUSTIN TO MUSQUIZ
[From Dexar Archives]
Tengo la satisfaccion de dar parte a V. ·S. que la mayor harmonia y tranquilidad reina en tocla esta Colonia y que los habitant.es se dediquen con industria y empefio 6. los trabajos Agricolos. Las siembrns en lo gral clan las mejores esperanzas de una cosecha abun- dnnte, nunque en alg 0 puntos se ha escasiado las nguas por la sequedad. Ygualmente tengo que informar {i V. S. que el Molino de Vapor para sacar tablas, fabricado por los Sors. Roberto Wilson y William Harris sobre el rio Bufalo en esta Colonia esta. completado y en opera- cion lo que porporciona.ra grandes facilidades para el adelanto de las mejoras y la fabrica de Casas, como igualmente para surtir los puertos del sur con maderas. Se ha circulado una subscripcion pa.ra la fabrica de una casa para el Sor Cura y un:t iglesia provisional, y espero tener la satisfaccion de poder informar :i V. S. del cumplimiento pronto de aquella obra. ·Todo lo cual .pongo en conocimto de V. S. para que se sirvu elevarlo nl conocimto del Supremo Gob. Dios y Libertad Villa de Austin ti 14 de Junio de 1830. ESTEVAN F. AusTIN [Rubric] Sor Gefe del Depart° C. Ramon :Muzquiz
AUSTIN TO THOMAS F. LEAMING
San Felipe de Austin 14 June 1830
T. F. LEAMING Esqr. MY DEAR Sm, It has been a long time since I had the pleasure of hearing from you by letter. lliy brother in law James F. Perry paid me a visit in april last and 'will remove his family to this colony in the fall he expects to visit Phin. this summer and will call on you- I have as yet heard nothing of the Map of Texas, since I forwarded it the surveys have been considei:ably extended and I could now form a much more accurate map, tho the one I sent gives a very correct general idea of the country and is fully as cor~ect as the first maps of new countries usually are and I think more so, it cost me great labor and trouble and considerable expence- :My object was not individual profit, it was to bring this country for- ward into public view, £or it has been liternly buried in obscurity up to the last year- Respect for the opinions and last will of my father caused me to explore Texas jn 1821. I was both delighted and astonished to find it t9 be the most favord region I had ever· seen. Its fertility and
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