THE AUSTIN PAPERS.- 1267 spoken for n pair of grey Hounds for your Brother which If I succeed in getting will Bring when I come. Believe me to be most sincerely your Obedient Humble Servt. ; R. R. Roy ALL Hon. S. F. AUSTIN [Addressed:] Hon. Stephen F. Austin. Nnchitoches. State of Lou- isiana The Post master at N achitoches will forward this by the first safe hand to Austin's colony Department of Texas in the U. :Mexican States I. C. DEVAN TO AUSTIN Mississippi State • Monroe County l\fr STEPHEN F. AUSTIN I had the pleasure to receive a letter of you or·your agent dated at herculanium respecting the situation of the Lands you had procured of the Mexican Government which afforded me infinite satisfaction tho I nm not acquainted with your person I am with your Character I want you to procure me a Birth in some office as a Clerk and I will be in that Country immediately after I secure an answer from yo1 you will confer a lasting favour on your friend, by complying wit] this request you will please Direct to me at the place above nameci Feby. 24th 1826 IRETON C. DEVAN To STEPHEN F AusTIN ' • L. w. BAKER TO J. E. B. AUSTIN Steam Boat Hamilton. . Ohio River. Feby. 26 th 1826 DEAR SIR, An opportunity just presents itself of conveying a few lines to you; and if the impressions of early youth a.re as pleasing to you as they are to me, this little memento may give birth to ·a few moments of cheerful reflection. . I left Forest Hill (the theatre of our first acquaintance) in the year 1819, and twelve months after commenced the study of law, completed it, and have since qualified myself for the practice of medicine, and am, at present, engaged in that capacity. • Now if you believe, that the health, locality, and prospects of an:y part of the province of Texas, will suit me, or any of my friends, who
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