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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
JonN S. WILLS TO AusTIN State of Ohio Brown County Ripley March 22, 1825 Sir By Afr. )Vm Cummings I take the liberty of addressing you, tho: a perfect stranger, this however I hope will not be considered in- trusive, in as much as I am very desirous of lerning the general character of your province, as to general Laws and municipal regu- lations by profession I am a lawyer, and have been in the profes- sion for upwards of twe~ty five years, and have connected with me a Son in Law of the same profession, a young man of finished educa- tion, and in general opinion of much promise. I have also Nephew a phisician, regularly bread, these gentlemen have strong inclina- tion to settle in some New Country, opening to them, prospects, more flattering to their views, than any thing in this section of the United States. By News paper information we here are informed, that the Government of Mexeco, will be partially organized and assimelated to the Government of these United States so far as circumstances will permit. should your government, be organized with a Judiciary likened to that of any [of] our states it is presum- able some field would be opened for a young [man] of legal nc- quirements, of which you will be pleased to inform me. It is not improbable but that upon satisfactory information, of the character of your government, should it be as I have had reason to calculate, I would with some few others become citizens thereof, for myself I could not from age (fifty) expect much, but my ob- ject is the promotion of my connections, we could not bring much wealth, with us, but I ~an say with some confidence, we could, bring that, that would be no loss to your infant establishment, char- acter etc. At some leisure moment, will you be pleased to devote, a little time in answering this letter, and have it, forwarded to some post office in the United States, • JOHN s. WILLS. NB I believe I lmew your father, when he resided in Richmond, Vir- ginia I was then studying Law in that place, I saw him afterwards at Cincennati Ohio, on his way to the lower Country J. s. w. Colo. PHILIP AusTIN New Mexico.
JoHN P. CoLEs TO AusTIN
DEAR Srn March 26 th 1825 Inclosed you will find the plat of Mr· James Hopes Tract of Land. he has Exchanged the Tract of Land which was Intended for him .
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