'.rRE AUSTIN PAPEM 691 I had hopes you would have taken your Sisters family to Coles Settlement until the heats were over, would it not be best for them to go there now 1- Should you come to Brazoria do me the favor to let me know when, if oppY offers for Bolivar I have a letter from Ware altho he had no accounts from me he had contracted for Machinery with the intention of working it in Louisiana in case my report should be unfavorable for Texas, the advise of the failure of a house in orleans whose paper he held for 10600$ payable 1 June here caused him to suspend the contract lmtil he could ascertain the result of that and his other N orleans papers this being part of the sum appropriated to Texas Specula- tions, his letter was obviously written at the moment of receiving the unpleasant news, as he seems to consider all his orleans paper. in Jeopardy- so much for lending Money at 12 prct---the receipt of my letters and ascertaining the actual extent of loss will probably put him in better spirits My best regards to Emily and Compes to Mr Perry-I will in- deavour to visit St Felepe by the middle of Septr at all events I-I AusTIN [Rnbric] [Addressed:] Col S F Austin St Felepe
RICHARD HAWES TO AUSTIN
)Vinchester Kentucky 29th August 1831
Col. STEPHEN F. A usTIN DEAn Sm, I avail myself of the opportunity afforded by John T. Mason Esqr. who is about to visit the province of Texas and who will pass through the Austin Grant, of addressing you on the subject of the grant and particularly so far as the heirs of Mr. Joseph H Hawkins are concerned in it. You have been heretofore informed that Mrs. Hawkins resided with me from a short period after the decease of her husband to the time of her death; that her children have bee!?- mainly supported by me; that they are the nephews and niece of Mrs. Hawes, that I have been appointed by the proper tribunal of this country their guardian; and that their only prospect or hope of advancement from their fathers estate is founded on their interest in your grant. The children are some of them now grown and all of them approaching maturity, and they feel a strong interest in knowing what they may expect from your quarter. Standing in tbe relation which I do, towards them I feel it to be my duty to enquire of you as to the position in which they stand, and the rights and interests which they have in the property under your management. With a
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