THE AUSTIN PAPE~ 613 complains that Luke did not answer his letters etc-he was mi~lecl on his first arrival by the gabble of past years, and any stra.ngcr would. have been. On reflection I think it safest to send the grants by mail, I en- close the list of them I send this letter by D° Fernando Roclrig,1es and at first intended to have sent the grants by him, but he would mail them in Bexar and the postage would be the same . . S. F . .A. [Rubric] Let nothing be said in the paper a.bout Arciniegas commission or the issuing of titles-M's [Madero's] advertisement blew him up. Remember me to Col Bradburn ve-,~I1 particularly, say what you think best in my name.
AusT1N TO AYUN'l'Al\IIE:NTO oF BEXAR
[From Be:rar ArchJves] Ympuestos de la nota oficial de V. S. fha. 28. del pp.° Fbrero. no omitimos meclio alguno en solicitar del preceptor que tanto se nos recomienda asi por V.. S. como por el aprecio con que vemos el en- grandecim 10 de su Ciudad. Sugeto de buenas luces buenos princi- pios mejor educacion o mediana siquiera como era de deciarse no nos ha quedado ni esperanza de conseguirse lo que solo comunican;os :i V. S. en contestacion de su ya sitado oficio. Dios y Ley. Saltillo, Marzo 14, de 831.
MANU.EL MusQms [Rubric] ESTEBAN F . .A.usTIN [Rubric]
Sres. del Ylust.re Ayunt 10 de Bexnr
WILLIAM SHALER TO HENRY AUSTIN
Havana, March 15, 1831.
See Calendar.
HENRY AusTIN 'l·o AusuN
New Orleans l\farch 15 th 1831
Co• S F AusTIN
Saltulo
MY DEAR SIR I wrote you by the Surprize for Mntnmoros on the subject of M• Wares proposal to establish a cotton factory in the colony. The matter appears to me of so much moment, and the chance of letters r_eaching Saltillo .so small I think it advisable to repeat the sub-
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