1098
AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
the parties have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals this 16th day of may 1825 as above. Witnesses Present
,v M PETTUS RR ROYALL
[SEAL]
[SEAL] aty in fact of Daniel Coleman STEPHEN F. A usTIN r sEAL 1
Witness
SA!.H:IBL M WILLIAMS JNo P CoLEs
To prevent all misunderstanding in relution to the meaning of the within deed of Trust it is clearly understood that the land deeded in the Trust is to be totally released ·from all lien whatever and reverts to said Pettus on the payment of the forty Mules punctually as stipu- lated and it is not the intent of this deed to give any other lien on the land except for this payment of the fifteen hundred dollars in case of a failure to pay the Mules as expressed but the negroes shall not be released ns If the payment of the mules had been punctually made but both land and negroes be held subject, the land to this and the negroes to the old Trust executed to Bibb and Coleman and all parties here present agree to accept of this with all the force and effect as If it had been incorporated in the body of the deed Given under our hands and seals the same day 16th of May 1825
"\1/ M. PETTUS RR RoY.U,L
[SEAL]
[SEAL] Aty in fact of Daniel Coleman STEPHEN F AUSTIN [SEAL]
Witnesses
SAMUEL M WII..LI.AMS JNo P. CoLES
AUSTIN TO SA UOEDO 1 '
Recibi la orn oficio de V. S. £ha 13 de Abril sobre el padron de este establecimiento y luego q• lo recibf mantle verificarlo pero por los muchos crecimientos de los arroyos y inundaciones de los Rios ha sido impracticable transitar en ninguna parte, en muy breve tpo sera completado y lo mandare a V. S. San Felipe de Austin 18 de Mayo de 1825 1 • ESTEVAN F . .AusTIN [Rubric] Al Sor Gefe de Departamto Ciudadano Jose Antonio Saucedo 1 Bexar Archlve 11 , Unlverslt, ot 'l'exas. Copy ln Austin's Blotter, in 0·1e ot August 26, 1624.
Powered by FlippingBook