THE ;AUSTIN PAPERS, 433 ,for said establishment 'at his' own Expence,::from the day" the Emi- •grants leave New 0rleans-in said Vessel.· The said Austin also agrees and obligates himself to deliver Each of· Said· Emigrants who fulfill this agreement, and duly cultivate five or more acres of c·orn as·before'stated, tpe one half of all th'e,corn or other produce raised by them as aforesaid, and to Secure to each o:f them a tract of land ~f Six µ~drf!d. 9;nd forty acres to be laid off in the Same manner that the lands 'for·the other Emigrants is, Which land shall be,free of expences, also a Town lot shall be given to each. • r In testimony of .their.agr,eeing to the above-stipulation, the under- signed have set their hands and Seals to this instrument this 22d day ;of November 1821 Eighteen hundred.and,twenty.one., .The word "or ·more," in the 10th,line, of-this .page.inserted, and,the erasure after the :word "expences•'? in the.last.linermade before signing'.'""'"" 'STEPHEN.-F·AUSTIN [Seal]' PATRICK TooLE • [Seal] 1 JoHN MULIGEN [Seal] PETER WING [Seal] ·JoHN HmsT· • [Seal] ·,THOMAS •B HARRISON' '·[Seal]'
,Enw G-WILI,IAMS • :BERNA.RD PHILLIPS , IsAIAH ·M: ;A'LEXANDER
·JA?rlES B.A.Iiu> Wl\1; '8.- LE,frs
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, H ®soN- HuoHES WILLIAM ·PRESTAGE' wm w LITILE '
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,·J.AMF.S NELSON
joSE~H;· T. Mo;w.rcpl\Q:~Y -;rQ ~µsTIN_
St Frarici;ville N6;ember'the 22° 4 1921
Sm· ·r.· h_ave some idea of niovini(£9,'the'proyinc'e 'of texes 'to·make a set- t1e'ment in that coup.tr:y'and wish to 'k:no#·the·terms·on which· you settle people'in that'provin~ on yo\fr·'grant:·I'~ish·ir(the first place to !mow how you expect to hold your'la.rid ••'Secondly how mud1 you '\\,il~ give _to Jach' ii:idivttlual Settler, 'what ~re the productions of the soil and·what is 'the appearance' with respect·to health, I wish you also to state when it [is] necessary for 1 the settlement to be nu1.de, and what part of the country I must go and wh? to apply to.when there it
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