THE AUSTIN P.APEBS 923 I am surprised to hear you say that we shall never live to realize anything from my labors- Is it nothing to have paid off nearly all the old debts-to have given a credit to the name of my family by settling this colony that will be permanent and honorable for nges to come- Is it nothing that you are now permanently settled with the certainty that your children will not enter the world penniless- Is 5 dollars an acre £or land nothing- a tract wns sold a. few days since near Perrys league west of the Bernard for 1.25 :for acre, and not better land than his- you let trifles have too much influence on you- a punchin hut, or an indian camp is nothing, a mere trifle, when it is to be only a stepping place to get into a comfortable home and farm for life- If I had the power of a magician to build Palaces I would not do it, • • • but when I have done all I can, you ought to have more consideration for my feelings, when you lmow they are more sensative than.they ought to be to get through this rough world- your brother STEPHEN
G. Eow.ARbs TO AusTIN Attica Seneca County Ohio Feby. 1 ■t 1833
Col. AusTIN. Sir, myself with many of my neighbours, are verry desirous of getting some information from you, .respecting your country; we wish you to be verry minute in your description of the climate, soil, and productions; also the seasons, wether they are in extremes, wet or dry; the state of your market, and general prices of your produce, and particularly if you grow wheat, and how many Bushels per acre, we also wish to lmow the terms that we can purchase the land on, and the extent of your collony, and wether some 40 or 50 family's would be acceptable; we also wish to know the convenience of your mill priveleges, and general extent of your water power; also the differ- ent kinds of wild animals, particularly i£ the wild horse and cattle abound in such numbers as is reported here, and wether sheep are healthy there, learn us the state of literature, the present state of your government, and the disposition of the natives toward your colony; also wether your waters abound with fish, oysters, clams, etc, and their qua.lities, wether your climate agrees with the notheren people; also if the necessary articles of husbandry can be easily ob- tained there, and if not, where they can be on the best terms, finally, we wish you to inform us of all the advantages, and disadvantages, and future prospects attending your country, we have proposed send- ing two men as agents of our little colony, to explore and make the necessary observations respecting your country, and on the receipt
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