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THE AUSTIN PAPERS
GEOGRAPHICAL NoTEs 1
According to the most accurate data we can obtain the mouth of Sabine is in Latitude 29 30 north The point on Red River where the boundary between the U. S. and Texas strikes Red River is Lat. 33 N. which makes this boundary three degrees and a half long North and South or 243 miles- The mouth of Nueces River, by which is meant the outlet of the Nueces bay known as the pass of Corpus Cristi is in Lat 27 30 The head of Red River is in about Lat. 34 which gives six and a half de- grees .of Lat. equal to 451½ miles- This would give 3471/4 miles as the average width of Texas North and South. The mouth of the Sabine is about Longitude 17 west of Washington- The pass of Corpus Cristi is about 20-West of Washington- which gives 3 degrees of Longitude, in a direct line East and West The length of an East and West line on Lat. 33 from the boundary of the U. S. to the head of Red River is about 12 degrees of Longitude- Which gives seven and a half degrees of Longit1;1de, as the average length of Texas East and West calculating the degrees of Longitude at 50 miles on an aver- age it gives 375 miles- according to this estimate Texas contains 1931021 square miles between the Sabine and Nueces, and between Red River and Gulf of Mexico- S. F. AUSTIN
GEORCE FISHER TO AUSTIN
[New Orleans, December 1, 1836. See Calendar.]
WILLIAM H. WHARTON TO AUSTIN
[New Orleans, December l, 1836. See Calendar.]
DRAFT OF PROCLAMATION AGAINST AFRICIAN SLAVE TRADE 2
[About December 1, 1836.] Whereas the 9 th section of the Constitution of Texas prohibits the "im• portation or admission of Africans or negroes into this republic except from the U. S. of A." which article was publishea and promulgated to the world by the proclamation of David G. Burnet president ad interim of this 1 From Austin's letter book in file of July 4, 1836. 2 This draft is by Austin. Houston touched the subject in his message of May 5, 1837.
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