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AMERICAN IDSTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
JOHN SPROWL TO AUSTIN
Ayish Bayou District Nov. 5. 1826
DEAR Srn, Understanding that complaints have been made to you by James Gaines, respecting some of the inhabitants of your colony, who he has represented, have written letters to citizens of this District cal- culated to excite dissaffection to the laws and the government, I herein inclose the letters which gave rise to this complaint. They are written you will see, by my old neighbors and friends, Mess"' Thomp- son and Payton, and not, as Capt. Gaines imagined by l\ 1 fr White. The leters were brought to me from Nacogdoches by Gaines, who, when he delivered them, remarked that the handwriting was Squire ,;vhites', and desired me to permit him to read them. Finding that they contained intelligence which I was requested to keep a secret, and knowing Gaines of all men in the world to be the most unfit to be trusted with one, I refused. Immediately his fruitful and dis- turbed imagination gave birth to the most dreadful suspicions, and he saw at once, in vision, the peaceful fo~lds of the Ayish Bayou, a prey to all the horrors of rebellion. It is indeed unfortunate that we are deba.rred the privilege of friendly and confidential cor- ~espondence without incurring the imputation of treasonable designs. I avail myself of the same opportunity to send you a copy of a letter written by Capt. Gaines to the Governor at Sa1tillo. 1 It needs no comment. You will see that he has proscribed some of the most respectable inhabitants of this District as well as yourself, and that even an aged and defenceless female could not escape the poison of his malice. JN° SPROWL [Addressed:] Stephen Austin Esq. San Felipe de Austin Coahuila &Texas-
JAMES F. PERRY TO AUSTIN I
Potosi Mo Nov 5 th 1826
llfesn S. F and J. B AUSTIN GENTLn You have several times expresed a wish to know the pros- pect of recovering the Mine A Burton tract of Land. I long since spoke to John Scott and his partner a Mr Alen on the Subject belenv- ing they could give as good an oppinion on the subject as any of the atternies at the bar they being at that time imployed in a case R Price vs :Marten and W M and S Perry where the tital of this tract of land was to be tryed. They [delayed] giving me there op-
• See above, September IS, 1826. • Original 1D possession of. Mra. Emmett L. Per17,
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