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THE AUSTIN PA.PERS
AUSTIN TO THOMAS H. BENTON
Novr 25 1831
T.H. BENTON
About eighteen months·since I had the pleasure of receiving your friendly letters introducing Col Woodbery who visited this country with a view to a permanent Settlement ancl removal of his family I afforded Col. W. all the assistance and gave him all the infor~a- tion in my power, as it ,-vill always give me pleasure to do to any of your friends who may visit this country. . The particular object of this letter (after acknowledgeing the recept of yours by Col. W. and assuring you that our former ac- quaintance in Missouri is still fresh on my memory,) is to recom- mend to you the bearer Mr. vV. B. Travis, who probably will apply for the appointment of U. S. consul for the Harbor ancl Buy of Galveston in Texas- My personal acquaintance with Mr T. is very short and limited, he has been recommended to me by persons of respectability nncl I can with full confidence say that he has acquired the esteem and respect of the better part of the people in the section of country where he resides which is on the Trinity river near the head of Gal- veston bay, and I have my self no hesitation in recommending him as n. suitable person for the appointment of Consul- Texas when thickly settled will no doubt require four consuls or vice consuls on its sea board-one for Galveston, one for Brazoria at the mouth of the Brazos river, one for Matagorda bay, and one for Aransao and the Neucis .bay-At this time I think the location-of n co~ul at some point on Galveston bay, with authority to appoint vice consuls for the Brazos and Mata.gorcla, would do-or consuls might very properly I think be appointed now for the Brazos and Matagorda-The most of the business of Texas is now do~e through Brazoria near the mouth of the Brazos river-· I directed my friend in Phi" to send you a copy of the mup which I compiled of Texas, published by Mr Tanner which I hope you recd. a.nd which will give you a correct general idea of the points I speak of and of all Texas, it is not of course topografically correct, but I think is as much so as the first maps of unsurveyed countries gen- erally are, and perhaps more so- [STEPHEN F. AUSTIN.]
FATHER MULDOON TO AUSTIN
_'-\..nahuac 28 de nov 1831
Sor. C. AusTIN. Au.aoo ,A.:anco-El Jueves 24 salio de nqui el General Teran des- pues de haver quedado justamente 15 dias
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