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THE AUSTIN PAPERS
also Carbajal. Show them this and remember me to them very particu- larly- I hope I shall arrive soon to go home with you all- a few days will show the result of 'fonys absence- I think it will be favourable- I do not write home by this mail-you can inform them that I am alive- [Rubric] D. V. [Don Victor Blanco] has informed you all of the evils produced by the impolitic 400 league law its results are bad enough but nothing in [com]parison to what I at first expected-it p[roduced] a great excite- ment here [ve]ry great indeed it has injured me, altho it [oug]ht not- hut so it [is] I have to bear many sins not my own- 1 [Addressed:] (Coahuila) D. Samuel M. Williams Monclova
H. MEIGS TO AUSTIN
New York May 2d 1835.
DEAR SIR. I have received your letter of the 31 of March with the Bill for $500. which was paid at sight by John P Austin. I am much obliged to you for it for I have suffered poverty in public service. I regret that you suffer so much embarrassment from my countrymen. All that you communicate to me is perfectly concealed from all except the Secretary of State (my brother in Law) and the President. I have sent your last letter to Mr Forsyth for his perusal and he will be gratified to be possessed of the information it contains- And you may he assured that he will give you all proper aid. It is well understood that your whole course has been honorable and enterprising-and no honorable man can be your enemy when he knows you. I will leave no fair means untried to serve you- I have thought some- times, of giving you a call at Mexico! Maintain your accustomed prudence and fortitude and all will soon be well. God bless and preserve you.
H. MEIGS.
Col. Stephen F Austin. [Addressed:] Colonel Stephen F Austin Mexico.
WILLIAM HARDIN TO GAIL BORDEN, JR. [Anahuac; May 4, 1835. See Calendar.]
1 See Austin to Williams, April 15, and May 6, 1835.
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