1752
AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
Contract for freighting wool from Texas to New Orleans, August 20, 1822. Austin and Salvador Carrasco. Austin's plan for organization of Mexican Congre~, August -, 1822. Com- bination of existing institutions, tbe Spanish constitution and the Constitution of the United States. • Jose Maria Grimaldi to Austin, September 7, 1822. Asks Austin to employ two maestros and otber workmen for iron works.near Durango. Description of the works. Austin to Emperor Iturbhle, September 8, 1822. Reviews his case to date. Asks immediate action on his grant. Arthur G. Wavell to Austin, September 10, 1822. Experience with pirates in the Gulf. Hugh McGuffin to Austin, September 13, 1822. Reports of your death. Emigration checked by bad crops in Texas, but considerable movement con- tinues. " A good many appear to wish that it may be a free country from slavery; others in favor of slavery." Francis Bigham. Character certificate, October 16, 1822. Robert C. Bruffey to Austin, October 16, 1822. Losses in coming to Texas and disappointment In learning nothing of Government and status of the \!Olony. Write information about Government, tolerntion, terms. Robet·t C. Bruffey. Draft on Austin, October 16, 1822. Austin to Emperor Iturbide, November 6, 1822. Review of his case. In- jury caused to himself and colony by delay. Petition for approval of the limits of his grant, extension of titles to the 300 families contracted for, permit to settle 200 additional Catholic families, authority to select bis own premium lands in compensation for establishment of the colony, authority to organize militia, and immediate establishment of local government. Matias Ximenes to Austin, November 9, 1822. Concerning reclamation of abandoned silver mines. Arthur G. Wavell to Austin, November 16, 1822. Arrival in London. Pros· pects good. Arthur G. Wavell to Austin, November 21, 1822. Needs official confirmation of grant in order to do business. Great prospects. Austin to [Edward Lovelace?], November 22, 1822. Summary of political movements in Mexico. Difficulty over the status of slavery. Mexicans not pre- pared for a republican government. Arthur G. Wavell to Austin, Decernber 2, 1822. Need confirmation of the grant in order to do business. Price list of various commoclities. Robert Andrews to J. E. B. Austin, December 7, 1822. Reports from Stephen F. Austin. Business in Saltillo. Inclosure from James HewltsQn. Arthur G. Wavell to Austin, December 10, 1822. Can sell laud and raise capital only when has official confirmation of tbe grant to show. Plan to de- velop mines. Jos6 Felix Trespalacios to Austin, December 15, 1822. Provisions for the welfare of Texas. Wants assistance in breaking up bands of thieves stenl· Ing horses and mules in Texas and selling them in the United States. Austin to J. E. B. Austin, December 25, 1822. Waiting for Emperor to approve the colonization law. Celebrations In Mexico City. Mexican politics, December, 1822. Santa Anna's proclamation of a republlc, December 2, 1822. Honors to Iturbide in the Capital, December 14. Austin to Emperor Iturbide, January 1, 1823. .Application for letters of citizenship. Austin to J. E. B. Austin, January 1, 1823. Opinion of Trespalaclos. Ad· vice. Mexican politics.
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