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THE AUSTIN PAPBRS,
Jo~ Antonio Saucedo to Austin, March 16, 1824. Rt,.jectlon ot request tor recorder of legal documents because that a duty of the Alcaldes. Bastrop to Austin, March 18, 1824. Proclamations to Alcaldes. Bastrop and Snucedo are Austin's friends, and the other members of the local govern- ment wish him well. Suggests his own election to State Congress to represent the colony. Jos~ Antonio Saucedo to colonists, March 18, 1824. Beneficent intentions of the Government. Austin's authority. Nathaniel Cox to Austin, March 20, 1824. Estate of Joseph H. Hawkins. Expenditures in Texas. James Cummins to Austin, lHarch 23, 1824. Approves colonial regulations. Indians. James Grant to Austin, March 23, 1824. Difficulties of transportation. Commerce. Cotton. Erasmo Seguin to Bastrop, l\farch 2,J, 1824. Union of Coahuila and Texas an experiment; may later organize as territory. European moYements affecting J\le."Cico. Citizenship of the colonists. Abolition of slavery being urged and bill already presented; hopes to get labor by settlement of Mexican vagrants in Texas. Toleration for private worship. Seth Ingram to Austin, 'March 25, 1824. Surveys. Indians. Proclamation by Austin. March 31, 1824. Militia organization. Commission and instructions to Josiah· H. Bell. Immigration. Indians. Alcalde's court docket, April 1, 1824. Saucedo to Austin, April 6, 1824. Announcing assumption of office of political chief. Bastrop to Austin, April 7, 1824. Proclamations of 'political chief shonld convince colonists of Austin's authority and of the validity of titles. C-on- cernlng election of deputy to State congress, and necessity of ha"ing one to pro- tect the colony. Reports of the income of Austin from land fees. Unauthor- ized settlements in Texas. Agreement for hire of shn"e, April 12, 1824. Castleman to Austin, Austin to Carter nnd Fowler, April 13, 182•1. Commerce. Saucedo to minister of relations, April 15, 1824. Unauthorized sett.lt>nient of immigrants in East Texas, ancl difficulty of controlling them. J. Thomas to Austin, April 15, 1s2,1. Introducing Thomas Westall J. 'l'homas to Austin, April 15, 1824. Debtors in Texas. Sla'"ery. Juan Bautista de At·ispe to Austin, April 17, 1824. Forwnrding Ansiin's letter of citizenship. Shall the eastern interior Provinces be united into one Sts.re, or shall each Province form a State? Commerce. Mrs. Erasmo Seguin [Maria Josefa Agustina Bezerri] to Austin, A1Yril 20. 1824. Asks for hoes and an ax:. Bastrop to Austin, April 20, 1824. If Nuevo Leon sepnmtt'S from '1\-ns t'n Coahuila the Congress will meet at Saltillo. Wants cc1·tnln sup1,fa'lS if he is elected. Austin to military commandant of Texas, Aprll 20, lS::!4. Karnnl..-am'l:_,· Indians. Austin to Jos~ Antonio Saucedo, April 20, 182,J. Bnstrt'll t'lt"-'l\'l.l t;..' l'L"f\' ,"nt the colony in State Congress. Has received the nctn co11~tit11tivl\. Austin to Josiah H. Bell, April 20, 1s2,1. Election o( llast1'.~l'- (.~1 Nit! n of the acta constltutlvn. Austin to Josiah 'EL Rell, Aprll 20, 1824, Instructhms t\,r htki \g .: th t- acta constitutiva and electing Bastrop. Election of Bastrop to represcmt the colony, Apl'll :.?<), 1$~4. 25067°-24-voL 2, PT 2--48
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