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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
A US1'IN TO JAMES F. PERRY
.Deer. 19[18]30
Dn BnoTHER
I wrote you a day or so since and improve another opportunity- ·your goods by the Nelson anived safe John Austin came up yesterday and bnd stored them all up in good order- .Nothing will be.opened untill Hunter arrives- I shall have to use up some of the nails to finish the store honse- I have all the Shingles and all the weather boarding on the ground the plank :for the [mutilated] and the sheeting for the roof will [be ready in] a few days. The frame is up so that [the building will be] all ready b.Y, the_time Hunter arrives he can get the gcocls up- I think a smal~ assort- ment of goods would do at the Mouth of Trinity- ! am very anxious for you to get here, I shall be ns poor as I now am without you, as long as I live- I need some one to take care of my money matters, and I w[ant you] to take all the Stock I can collect and manage the whole of that business- I think that you had better build on the lots of mine above ,villiams on the Creek, or if you prefer town I have a whole square fronting on the South west side or Constitution Square-or you can get out lots and building lots from the Ayt 0 do us you please in this matter and use my lots if you want them- The League of land above town, is mine, there are fine situations on it for a stock farm it is nearly all puirie, only timber for fire wood. I have bought the Dickenson 'League on Clear Creek, for you if you want it-the title is in my .name, but if I die before I get back you will get it in another way, by will,- I have appointed you and Lessasier and Williams my executors-the first is a Lawyer and can l>e usefull in [settlin]g the estate and Williams knows more about my affairs than any body else-- you see I have made my arrangements as tho I expect to die, but-I hope to see you all here next summer every man ought to make his will when in good health as all are liable to acc[iden]ts. I have written to Col. Piedras at Nacogdoches that you will be on-you.must call and see him and shew your passport from me and report your se1·vants- Some have had the imprudence to tell him that they had Slaves- you must indenture them. do it before a magistrate, or 'clerk of a court or of. [mutilated] witness let Hun- ter be out ... and others who are ... so that ... -the contract here I think of [will] have no difficulty but be particular to call on Col Piedras immediately on your arrival, get John Durst as interpreter or some other-Col Bean [if he] is there-or Sterne-- the last person named is the best, tho any of them will do, they all understand Spanish-
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