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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
full discharge of my judgement provided by your Permission I can obtain a Right.-you will .Add to my present Obligations to you If you will give me such information about it as the case will suggest to you I might wish to know. Our Legislature will rise this week, the River is in fine Steam Boating Order. I know of nothing important the Legislature has done It has been occupied m11ch in private matters. giving the Right of granting divorces to the District Courts, and seperating the corporation of New Orleans are the principal things. If I could have known at what time you would have been at Sabine I certainly would have met you there. we wish ,much to have some arangement about our Exchange of Mails from Mexico- When you see your Brother please to present to him my com..: pliments and Best wishes. I wish he would write to me occasionally a correspondence with him would give me pleasure. I shall be glad to serve him and you in any way in my Power. I Expect Judge Johnston in three or four Weeks, his family will remain at Washington of course his visit to Louisiana will be short. • JOHN SIBLEY Hon S. F. Austin [.Addressed:] Honble. Stephen F. Austin Nacogdochis-by Col Thorn
M. SLOOID,[ TO AUSTIN
Natchitoches, M:arch 13th 1827
Col. S. F. AusTIN Srn, I have understood from several persons that you were highly Displeased with the course which I have pursued relative to the late insurection in your province, in relation to the statements which have been made by me, in relation to your Collony, in my paper-I can assure you Sir, if any eroneous statements have been made by me they were unintentional and that the columns of my paper will be open to any one who wishes to refute them- As to the communications which have appeared I am not re- sponsible for no further than they go to impeach private character, and where that is done I shall always ·be ready to give up the author-As for the Editorial part I defy any person to point to the sentence which speaks favourable to the measures of the far famed Fredonians, but in admitting their proclamations I have done as other printers would and if they have in anny manner injured th~ country by their statements it will afford me pleasure to give any communications which may be made to re~te them, an mser- tion-
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