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him for 18 years and with much pleasure can recommend him as a man of. integrity and a good citizen. He goes to your Country with a view of becoming a citizen thereof. • He possesses a knowledge in mineralogy, and wishes to engage in that line. I write this note in haste as Mr. Mathews is on the eve of Departure, would be glad to give you a full letter-but can only say, being lately at the Mines of Burton your sister was well-My family are all well. You will soon make up your acquaintance with Mr Mathews, who will give you all the local news, JOHN McAnTHER Col.Stephen F. Austin
AusTIN TO Mns. E::\-IILY M. PEnRY
:Mouth of the Brasos river December 12 1825
Dn S1sTEn, Mr. Mothershead from :Missouri starts tomorrow and has promised to deliver this to you a-she goes through Mine a Burton. I have noth- ing very ·material to write-having some surveying to attend to in this quarter I accompanied the surveyor and have just returned from a fishing and oystering trip, and think my health (which has not been very good) is improved-we procured a great abundance of fish, oys- ters and wild :fowl and have had very fine weather Brother and John Austin have coinmenced building a Gin a little below the head of tide water on this river, about 40 miles by water from this place-he has commenced in the woods and intends to be a first rate fa1·mer we neither of us own any negros and have to depend on hireing . The Colony progresses very well, tho not very rapidly, I am very well satisfied that you have not removed here, the Country is very new yet, and I think Mr Perry can do better where he is for the pres- ent than he could do here-we have but little commerce as yet-tho must have a great deal in a few years- • The reports in the news papers relative to overflow, Sickness, etc: etc, etc, in this Colony are all false-we have very abundant crops- I have just beard of Wm Perrys murder-if his murderer comes within my reach he shall be secured and lodged in Nachitoches jail- I am told that his name is Hill, is it the same Hill that worked for Bryan and married one of the Doggits ~ Send me a particular de- •scription of him and the news paper that offers the reward and if he comes here I may be able to get some one to take him back to Potosi- I am daily expecting something from you and Mr. Perry relative to the Mine a Burton Estate-you must do the best you can, it will be many years before I can see Missouri, or brother either-·
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