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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
R. R. ROYALL TO AUSTIN
United States of America Town of Tuscumbia and State of Alabama
21st February 1826-
Col. AusTIN
ESTEEMED Sm At the solicitation of the friends of Mr Gillespie I write to enquire after the circumstances of his death. Mrs. Gil- lespie says l\1r Gillespie left home with fiYe hundred dollars and had made arrangements, whereby he was to receive as much more in Natches making the sum of one thousand dollars Some of his friends are·of opinion that he received several hundred dollars on the way that his family knew nothing of. it appears however very certain that he aught to have had $1000. His fellow Traveller and confident (Capt. Lusk) writes from New Orleans in .a very short and unexplanatory manner informing :Mrs. Gillespie of her Hus- bands death stating he had died after some ten or fifteen days Illness at the Fort in your Colony (I suppose the Fort Settlement) that he Capt Lusk had sold Mr. Gillespie's horse to pay his Burial expenses that himself was then in New Orlean on his way to the State of Ohio. There is nothing in Capt Lusks letter to give us to understand what disposition was made of the money he (Mr Gillespie) had. There appears to be a mistery in the affair which makes it due to the family of l\{r Gillespie and the character of Capt. Lusk that an enquiry should be made as such you would confer a favour on us by making such enquiries as would account for the disposition of the money he had with him whether dis- posed of in the purchase of Land or otherwise and give us as early information as may comport with your convenience. Your Country is much spoken of here and much more in Ten- nessee and Kentucky-Judge Ellis and some other gentlemen will be to see it this Spring The judge will make arrangements for my coming. I wrote you by Mr Gillespie consequently have but little to say here You will write me on.every subject which might be of any importance as it is seldom we receive the Truth from Texas. I expect young ~fr Hughs will have arrived before you receive this as he left here some time ago. I have been told of a Proclamation of Mr Edwards requiring the holders of Old Grants within the Limits of his Settlement to come forward I think probably one of my grants are within ~is district if so you have no doubt made it known. offer my respects to Capt Gray and tell hi°:1 when he ':r~tes -?10- 0"ain to write more fully that I am never tired of rece1vmg ID· ;;rmation from a country in which I feel so much interest. I have
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