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knowledge of the council. I have copied about 30 transfers of lands to Uncle and will secure that much at any rate as I have the originals in my possession and will not give them up if they are required of me, until I get the copies certified by the Judge Mr. Bordin thinks perhaps we may be able through Dct. Peebles to get hold of his titles and if I do get hold of them I will take copies and then if the originals are destroyed the copiss will be good; and I think there is some risk in leaving papers of such im• por:ance in the hands of those men who compose th~ council without a cer- tified copy of the whole I send this by Mr Cane a planter from Mississippi who wish~s to buy land I recommended him to you knowing that you would like to sell some land on Chocolate for the purpose of having the land improved; he wishes to buy several tracts as he intends to bring five or six families out with him if he can get land to suit him He is an old ac• quaintance of Mr Bordens his traveling companion is by the name of Roach who also wants to purchase some land I expect they are both Gen• tlemen at least they appear to be so I write no news because I presume you get every thing through the paper of this place and otherwise much sooner than I could enumerate it by letter. I want you to write me what I shall do after I get through here whether I can do any thing below or not I· am here without a horse but will buy a good mule the first chance as I know you want mules that is if I can get the money from Mr Fletcher. Mr. Somervill has not got in from the wars yet I look for him daily. Johnson is commander in chief of the forces at Bexar. Write me often I have not recd. a letter from you since Uncle left Joel has gone home some time ago I heard of his being at Bastrop on his way home, but he did nob.come by this place. I shall soon be out of business and I would like to get in some situation where I could improve myself and make some• thing at the same time. Uncle spoke of taking me to the U. S. with him but he finally concluded i'hat he would not until he went on and saw where I had better be put for a year or two. In fact I did not want to go as the state of the country is such that I would have been uneasy about you all the time consequently he came to the determination of not taking me on with him I think you would do well t:o get this maQ to settle on Chocolate as he will bring several families with him and I expect he is a man of some capi- tal he saw so much land on the maps of Galveston bay country marked with your name and Uncles that he is induced to believe that you will sell land cheap on account of having so much and I think the chocolate country •will suit him very well he will also purchase stock cattle.
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