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THE AUSTIN PAPERS
TERAN TO AUSTIN
Mayo 8 1828
s. D. ESTEBAN AUSTIN.
]_\,Ir ESTIM.ADO sr y Al\1° DE MI APRECIO : El sugeto qe. tendra el honor de prescentnr a V. esta dese::1. como ya. he indicado establecerse en estn colonia, y pn a1:reglnr las cosa!3 necesarias me pide introduccion pn tratar _:i V. JrI_e toI_Il(? .la.libertad de hacerlo en confi.nnza de la buena disposic 0 de V. p 0 fo.vorecerme, experando qe. pr el conocimto qe. tengo de este individuo desde qe. salimos de Mexico pueda dar testi- monio de su honrades y activdad. . . ' MANUEL DE Mmn Y TERAN [Rubric]
THOMAS R. LEAMING TO A USTIN 1
Philada May 8th 1828
STEPHEN F. AusTIN Esq DEAR Sm • • •
. . • • I feel disposed Sir to try to advance your interests in colonising your settlement nncl for this purpose would advise your sending me specific terms at length, which you grant to Settlers containing also a fuller description o-f the Country its face, health, situation, pro- ductions local advantages and the kind of settlers nlreacl:v there. their '-• ... ' • • religion, whether nll sects are tolerated there, if there is any estab- lished religion of the Government and how it is supported. I ap- plied to Mr Tunner as you requested respecting publishing a map of Texas to which he acceded eagerly. He said that he would be at all the expense of engr[aving] and publishing and [furnish] you with a certain number of copies to be hereafter agreed upon. He sup- posed that as Coahuila was a part of the province of Texas you meant to include that. I could not answer this. I hnve just seen :Mr Tanner and he thinks the map should be about 45 by 33 inches and advises your laying it clown on that scale. He &ays he could not allow you more.than a dozen copies for yourself as he must rely considerably on the sale by you to disburse the expenses. Not being willing to delay writing you any longer and being about to set off on a Journey tomorrow, I am compelled to be brief ·in this * * * THo• R. LEAMING.
1 Orlginnl In possession of Mrs. E. L. P.irry, Houston, Texne.
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