1756
AMERTuAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
Austin to Luciano Garcia, August 10, 1823.
Petition for appointment of
Father Francisco Maynes to be pastor of the colony. Note on Austin's assumption of civil and military authority, August 10, 1823. Austin to Luciano Garcia, August 11, 1823. Indian depredations. Asks for 10 soldiers and a sergeant. Austin to Bastrop, August 12, 1823. Surveying and assigning lands. Election return, August 16, 1823. James Cummins elected alcnlcle of the Colorado district. List of voters. Robert Andrews to Austin, August 23, 1823. Plnns drug business. Apprecia- tion of Texas. Austin to Garcia, August [about 25], 1823. Depredations of Tonkeway In- dians. Ultimatum to them. Inclosure reports desertion of soldle1· and theft by him of only good horse left by Indians. Austin to Josiah H. Bell, August 29, 1823. Seeking a site for capital. Too busy to select land for himself, asks Bell to do it for him. Form of land certificate [Aug. -, 1823]. Austin's license to Dr. Johnson Hunter to sail a coasting vessel [Aug. -, 1823 ?]. ---to Bastrop [about Aug. -, 1823?]. Concerning disputed land claim. Austin to Josiah H. Bell, September 5, 1823. Judicial procedure. Collection of debts contracted before coming to Texas. Robert Andrews to Austin, September 5, 1823. Plans for business in Texas, The Viesca family at Parras. Luciano Garcia to Felipe de la Garza, September 16, 1823. Concerning the salary of the soldiers enlisted by Trespalacios to protect tlle colony. Austin to Josiah H. Bell, September 28, 1823. Wishes the people to move closer together for protection. Wants settlers "to be satisfied, if such a thing is possible." Tariff .exemption for Texas, September 29, 1823. Seven years' exemption on all imports for use of its inhabitants. Robert Andrews to Austin, October 4, 1823. Applying for grant of land on Red River; also for office of surveyor general for Texas. Asks Austin for testimonial to be placed before Congress. W. Stevenson to Austin,. October 5, 1823. Many want information about terms of settlement. Austin's Arkansas business. Sends Jefferson's Manual. J. Cable to Austin, October 14, 1823. Delay in settling in Texas. Samuel M. Williams's deposition concerning loss of horses and responsibility therefor, October 18, 1823. Judicial procedure. Price list. Austin to Jared E. Groce, October 18, 1823. Austin to Jared E. Groce. Note, October, 1823. Land sales. Austin to Jared E. Groce, October 19, 1823. Ag1·eemeuts for the rental of three slaves. Austin to Luciano Garcia, October 20, 1823. Depredations of the Tonkawa Indians and bis pw1isbment of them. Austin to Luciano Garcia, October 20, 1823. Expulsions of bad characters from the colony and measures to prevent the settlement of others in the future. . Austin to Garcia, October 20, 1823. Settlers will accept any form of govern- ment adopted by majority of the Nation, but prefet• a federal republic. Austin to Luciano Garcia, October 20, 1823. Reasons for not collecting tax from settlers. Asks for interpretation of provision exempting them for six years. Austin to -, October 20, 1823. Terms for obtaining land. Measures to excludo undesirable immigrants; must be moral, Industrious, and "free
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