THE AUSTIN PAPERS 619 q se presenten en el distrito dela municipalidad desu cargo en cum- •plimto delo prevenido en el arto. 17° del Reglamto de pasaportes do 1° de Mayo de 1828 q hta. haora no se han recivido de ese jusgado dcl cargo de V., sin saber pr. q. cuusn. Dios y Libertad Bejar 16. de Mnrzo de 1831. RA:\lON .MusQUIZ [Rubric] Ciudn°. Alcalde constitucional dela Villa de .~ustin
HENRY Am,TIN TO AusTI::-.
New Orleans, March 20, 1831,
Co• S F .A us-rrN MY DEAR Srn I have written you a long letter by t.his conveyance on the subject of Mr Wares propositions. I have since had furt.her conversation with him and find he wishes to come to some conclusion on the subject before his departure for Philacla if practicable. In the absence of any advices from you I am some what at loss • what to decide upon. Gen 1 Terans officio to the Consul requesting him to facilitate by passports emigrants to your colony and also to Dewits and Mc]ifullcns looks more favorable as does the advice from Brasoria that the collector sent by Bradburn ha.cl orders to respect indentures of servants. We are satisfied that Buy has no exclusive right and that the enterprize might be safely undertaken. :ri,[r 1Vare is willing to embark in the matter immediately and t.akc- his chance for a grant of land, if I will take the direction of the business; This I would do if my solicitation were granted but were I to engage myself as director of this concern, and get no lnml for myself nor for the manufacturing concern it would be a bad moYe. I must therefore continue here in suspense until the eve of his de- part-ure·in the hope that in the mean time something definitive on the subject of my solicitation may reach me. • I see that your contract for 500 families expires on the 20 th ~fay next consequently what ever is to be done under that grunt must be done promptly I therefore give you our vie,~s that whatever mny be needful to be done at Saltillo may be done whilst you are there so far as you may deem it expedient 1 •t It would be desirable to secure a good Mill seat in a good posi- tion. This we could not expect to do in vacant land and musf purchase. It is said Roughs on t-he Bernard or peach creek is ~h, best in the Colony and that he offered to sell his league and an half for 2000$ but the quest.ion arises, can he nlienate with legn.J title, for not having cultivated in totality~ It will not do to expend •10,000$ on land that may be taken away from us:- The same diffi- culty might arise were we to use steam power on a purchased tract.
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