THE AUSTIN PAPERS 549 whether this will interfere with the place Mr Brush wants-the 29th leaguo is deeded to the heirs of Richard Graves as you have returned it and cannot be altered-the 30. and 31. are still vacant-B1:ushes ca_n cross the bayou if it will not interfere with other tracts . • The Bowman and lVilliams League on the East of Colorado next below Betts is not run as I gaye you the memorandum, and the conse- quence is thnt the quarter which was selected by John McLarren will be nearly nll taken on the front by Bowman and '\,Villiams- their League was deeded in the old colony and the lines cannot now be altered- Agreeably to the deed it begins at Betts lower corner thence N. 62E 5500 vars thence S. 28E to a point from which a line S. 62. W. to the river will make one League- by refering to the plot you will see that this will cut off more than half the front of McLarren's quarter- I sent you the notes of this league and am surprised that it was not run in conformity- it ~ust be so run and the fraction between it and E. Hall must then be calculated and plotted in a quarter it will be in a triangular shape with n very narrow front on the river- Explain this to McLarren without delay so that he can choose another quarter if he doesnt like to ta,ke the same after the correction is made-· I have not made an ex·act calculation but think that Bowman and Williams will leave but a few hundred yards above Halls upper corner- As I have said this tract must be run as it wns first deeded, no alteration can be made at all in it • • • • · s F AUSTIN I sbali start on the 15 of this month positively- Send me the notes or bcgining of Brushes tract is you can do so-that I may finish his deed A
JAMES W. BREEDLOVE TO AusTIN Mexican Consulate New Orleans Dec• 4 1830.
Col STEPHEN F A usTIN DEAR Sm You have herewith a publication made by the Mexican Minister at Baltimore, which has gone forth in a great many papers p:i;inted in the United States, this publication has created n belief in the minds of many thousands that all North Americans are pro- hibited from going to Texas to Settle, a.nd is calculated to do your Colony verry great injury, I feel verry certain that Col Tornel did not mean this prohibition to extend to any grants which stood on tho same grounds yours does, and so I have Explained his meaning to all who have called on m~
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