THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 1019 I have not had the opportunity of seeing Mr Hunter since I saw you but am informed that he declares that he has made no Errors in his survey, I have paid him about $20 and will pay him any othet· part which he may Justly be entitled to as I stated to you before even tho, I should survey the whole myself. Dier Sir I write to you with the full assurance of your friendship wishing to give you as little trouble as I can as some of my Neigh- bours have already given you too much concerning their Lands A line from you on the above subject will be received with pleasure and all orders promptly obeyed by J. IIAMS Col. S. F. Austin P. S. I have understood that $3.50 will -be demanded in cash at your office for my Deed which would have been paid when I saw yon had I known the circumstance but I will pay it at the first oppor- tunity. If I am wrong in the variation of the compass I am willing to pay the cost of proving it J. I. • •
SETH INGRAM: TO AUSTIN
Col. AusTIN Dukes place Jan. 16 th 1825. • Srn I recd•. your communication to wm. Kincheloe to send you the plat of the Leagues on the Colorado from Kuykendalls League •down. I have sent them over; and accompanying them you will find the field notes of several Leagues in the Bay Prairie and one on the Bernard. Mr Selkirk has run off the Leagues on the West side of the Colorado, and :from actual survey some of the lines differ consid- erable from the plat, and those numbers that differ you will find either over or under the othe1:s and a bar across them thus, 7720 8100 in this way I have corrected all the lines, on the west side of the river Those Leagues where Selkirk run on both sides of the river closed very well, and very little alterntion had to be made. Be careful and reccollect that those numbers that have the bar accross them are the right ones-We have run the Leagues as far down as Dukes pla-ce and have not yet touched the Lake that Williams lines on. I cali it' a Lake because, since I left town I have been down to Williams and find that _the south end of it is about two miles from Williams. "\Ye go into the woods again tomorrow and shall succeed in finishing I • think by the middle of Feb. if nothing uncommon takes place- I understand that Mr Buckner has be~n to Town and made ap- plication for the League takin~ in the fo1·ks of Hunney and Cnnej,
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