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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
ing by Calculation A number of people to whom I have talked are anxious to move to that Province but are ·ignorant·in what manner to proceed to get Land you will therefore be (if you please) as particular on this subject as your leisure will permit and if you have got the number of Families contemplated you will inform me what would be the best steps to take to get land from the Spanish Govern:• ·ment and whether it could be got to join your Grant or not I would likewise wish to know the quantity of Land that your Grant [con• • tains]. I would be glad to lmow at what time you will be at Natchitoches There some of my Neighbors and me will meet you and if you will grant us fond we will proceed on and make corn. My Family is small consisting of a wife and two children. ' My neighbors who contemplate moving hold slaves though their white Families are small except one Family. I am doing Public business at present and have an opportunity of making your communication Public and if you wish for more set• tlers you will get a great many from this Country provided they like your conditions • . . wm N. HENDERSON ~- S. I wish to take two young [men] out with me both Farmers You will Please to inform me whether you will grant them land or not. Direct to Wm. N. Henderson Opeolusas Louisiana. On receipt of this I would be glad if you would answer me Immedi• .ately as we wish to arrange our business in such a manner as to raise corn next sum.mer build a small sloop or Schooner and, move our furniture farming utensils, tools etc in the fall in this mode we could move all that we have at a small expense as we only live 20 1.files from the Quelquese [Calcasieu] an excellent navigable river and we have slaves who are good sawyers carpenters etc [Addressed:]·Stephen F. ;Austin Esq. Herculaneum Missouri
RonERT ANDREWS TO A usTIN
[Mou]nt f.rairie [Arkansas] NoT 3 4 1821
DEAR Sm I have frequently rec 4 letters from you ,in .the course of the sum• mer, but in consequence of y.qur continually mooving situation I defered answering untill now, on the 27t11. Oct. on my arival from the Legislature I rec 4 yrs of 10 th . , Inst. written at Natchitoches, in which you requested that .+ go on and join Mr Bell and proceed on to survey for the settlers-this, be assured sir, I will attend to as promptly as .my circumstances and present situ~tion will permit-it is with exta.cy that myself .~nd :many other f~encls of yours hear of your success so far, and see the vastly flattenng prospects ahca<l
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