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AMERICAN IDSTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
you will give me in your Colony for the debt if l Should Emigrate and what if I do not ,v ILL!AM: F ROBERTS [Addressed]: Stephen F. Austin. Esqr Louisiana State .New Orleans.
AGREEMENT BET\VEEN AUSTIN AND JOSEPH H. HA WIUNR
Articles of agreement made and concluded this 14 day of Novr- 1821, between Stephen F. Austin and Joseph H. Hawkins of New Orleans witnesseth : That whe1·ens a contract was heretofore entered into between the parties hereto, The said Austin acting for and in behalf ·of his father Moses Austin, and in virtue of authority from him, whereby the said :Moses Austin by his agent and son, covenanted and agreed to sell, and did sell to Jos. H. Hawkins one equal half part of all lands granted by the Spanish govt· to said Moses Austin in the province of Texas, together with one equal half part of town lotts, emolwnents, profits, monies or effects derivable by the settlement and sale of the lands and lot ts so a.greed to be settled by said Moses Austin, and whereas since the death of said Moses Austin the Spanish govt. in Texas have confirmed to said S. F. Austin the grant of lands originally contemplated to be granted his father, the said Stephen F. having resolved to effect the Settlement and carry the grant into .execution upon the same principles stipulated and agreed by his said deceased father and whereas the consideration to be paid by said Hawkins to said Moses Austin was the advance of the monies necessary to defray the ex- pences incured in obtaining said grant, And which have been already advanced by said Hawkins and the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows. • The said S. F. Austin hereby acknowledges to have recd from said Hawkins the sum of Four thousand dollars in full of all monies to be advanced by him under this contract, or the contract before re- ferred to, made by said S. F. Austin under the direction and au- thority of and for his father as aforesaid, And for and in considera-· tion of the said sum of four thousand dollars so paid by·said Haw- kins, the said S. F. Austin doth hereby for himself and the other legal representatives of his said Father covenant fl.nd agree, that after meeting the necessary expenses of surveying.the said Hawkins· shall be entitled to and receive one equal half part of the monies, e-ffects, property and profits arising from the sale of lands, lotts, or from any other sources growing out of the grant of ,lands before referred to, or the settlement thereof, And all lands lotts -and other property
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