AMERICAN HISTORlCAL ASSOCIATION
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A.usTIN TO JAMES F. PERRY
Texas May 10. 1828
MY DEAR BROTHER AND S1sTER, This will be handed to you by Mr. John Austin a relative of ours. he has business in St Louis and has promised to call at the mines and see you-his stay probably will be very short, tho. long enough to (Tive him time to answer your enquiries relative.to this country John has been with me several years in this country, he is a truly worthy man and you must make him as comfortable as you can while with you- I wrote you a short time ago and have nothing particular to say since-Brother will write you from Orleans S. F. A.usTIN [Rubric]
B. M. CUTTER TO A.usTIN
Matamoros, May 13, 1828.
See Calendar.
J. M. DE BERAMENDI TO A. USTIN
Bexar, May 15, 1828.
See Calendar.
RAYON MUSQUIZ TO AUSTIN
Sor. D. EsTEVAN A.usTIN Bejar 15. de Mayo de 1828. Mr .Al'RECIABLE Y DIGNO Amoo: sin ninguna de V. a que contestar: me redusco a comunicarle de parte de D. Jose Anto 0 Navarro que ha conseguido se apn1ebe eri la lejislatura del Estado una ley que garantize los contratos en paises extrangeros qe. entre los Ciuda- danos coahuiltejanos y los cirbientes qe. quieran benir a serbirlE>s ; 1 anunciandome qe. para el procimo correo se sirculara por el Gob 0 r dha. Ley. De oficio traslado a V. la concesion qe. ha obtenido del Gobno Supremo dela Union para colonizar el terreno Lictoral contiguo a su colonia, por este suseso doy 6. V. la enorabuena, y como interesado qe. estava desde mucho tiempo adquerir un~ propiedad inmediata ala costa le recoiniendo a V. se sirba reserbarme dos porciones de 1 Decree No. 66, Gammel, Laws of Texas, I, 213. For the history of the lnw legnllz- 1Dg evasion of the constitutional provision against the 1Dtroductlon of slaves, sec Barker, The Llfe of Stephen P. A.111tln, 286-242~
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