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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
tery or disposed to Garrison their harbours on this principal if so and the government of Mexico will Extend their patronage with a degree of liberality that would support a. family in a comfortabl manner and grant their petitioner an Exclusive privalage to fur- nish all the lumber that may be wanted to garrison the province of Texas at a fair and Honest price togeather with a suitabl tract of land for a. plantation for him self and family or any other arrangment that will insure a Comfortabl living your petitione[r] would be more than happy to be come a Citizen of the Republick of america etc etc Believe me Sir your Most devoted Servent and :May God preserve your infant Republic from all internal strife till she [ . . . ] among the Nations of the Earth that will yet giv laws to Europe is the prair of • J. BLAIR. NB Sir pleas to have this letter Translated and forwarded on to the General Government to Enable them to know how it was introduced to the General Government you may depend on the most unquestionable Recommendations of my carrector if necessary Colonel Austin will oblige me if he will inform me if the same law that advertises for all those who have clames on the Government for military services rendered in 1812 and 13 imbraces those of 1819-1820 and 1821 under General Long J. BLAIR [Attached clipping:] "In the Natchitiches Courier, of the 24th April last, we have seen a. notice signed James Gaines, calling upon the several volunteers who fought in Texas, in 1812, 13, agreeably to a decree of the Mexican Congress, bearing date the 13th June, 1823, to come forward in person, or by power of attorney within six months with proof of their services, to receive their pay, agreeable to engagements en- tered into at St. Fernando de Bexar, between the Junta and Ameri- cans, in :May, 1813." Colonel Austin, Will pleas after he shall have Examined the within enclosed documents to envelope them in a New cover and forward them on to the Seate of Government through the propper channell I would prefer their being transfered from one Governor to another till they arrive at the Seate of Government Colonel Austin will oblige me if he will give me every information as to the design of the government in their military operations as relates to the building of garrisons in the province of Texas I would wish to Emigrate
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