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' THE AUSTIN PAPERS.
JA:\rns GAINES -ro AusTrN
Sabine August 13 th 1825.
C 01 . STEVEN F A USTTN Dn. Sm . I Regret to inform you the Documents on Examination are mislaid as Respects the Changes alluded to in my Letter all I can Recollect. of them is as follows A young man by the name of Dally stold a Likely negro man of Henry Collins on the River amite, -in the Parish of East Baton- rouge State of Louisiana some time last year ~fr. Collins sent a young man by the name of ·west· to the Brassos Last year .in pursuit of him but Returnd without success he Mr. Collins then sent me the Documents to Continue the inquiry until I made a Dis- covery My inquiries has been as follows I found this Dally went to Pecan Point with the negro and Changed his name from Dally to Lively Early this summer he came to the nnches where a young man Lived by the name of ·Lively this Lively Lived at EJlis Beans and was a partner of Dalleys on the River amite in Luciana when Dalley and Lively met Lively calld him Dally but after some apology they passed for Brs there and Left the naches with the negro for the upper settlements on the Brnssa and was there a Rasing ... [illegible] some Time ago another one of .the Dalleys has Lately passdd out in pursuit of them and Likely will pass by the name of Lively, a young man went out Lately with Mr. Lakely I am told Can Explaiu Probably the whole affair. I have wrote on to Mr. Collins, and shall shortly Expect him on • • • I hope for the sake of humanity you will secure the negro and Damage If possible for 18 months services of the negro together per Costs of Suit until the Said Henry Collins may come or send JA• GAINES [Rubric]
MORGAN A. HEARD TO AUSTIN
Franklin County Alabama Aug. 14. 1825
DEAR CoL 0 In a few weeks my friend Mr Robt Gillespie will set out on n journey to your State, he has .been much pleased with the descrip- tion he has received of Texas; and if his opinion on a view of it concurs with those who have described the Country to him he will be induced to locate himself in Texas. He will explore the country. and particularly your-Grant; He is a Gentlemen who possesses an extensive knowledge of Mechanicks, there is scarcely any species of Machinery but what he is well acquainted with, I have been ac-
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