THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 459 Orleans consigned to Hawkins.;_ I shall place the things in Mr. Ashley's care and he will send them down the first opportunity- As I have not time to pack up Your Goods I shall leave all as I found them if M•· Eliott sends goods to Orleans I expect that . Yours will go on also. The notes on Crow I shall take on with me but the rest I leave here as before stated- If I had time and horse I would certainly take on the quantity of Goods You directed- I would do anything to promote Your Interest that lay in my Power-but as it is impos- sible for me to take them 011,-l hope You will [not] impute it to negligence on my part We will have corn to pack a considerable distance and two horse[s] would be Re.quisite for that alone- I have nothing more to say except that I am well pleased with the Little Rock M• and Mra Ashly are well also the Doc and Family- Mra Ashly desires her love to Emily and will write her shortly love to Mother and sister JAs EB AusTIN P. S. do not forget the certificate but send it on as soon as pos- sible. • • [Addressed:] M• James Bryan Near Herculaneum Missouri Mail
J. SARGEANT TO AUSTIN
Prairie de Rocher Dec 29 th 1821
Sra, •• In corrisponding with my friends in Kentucky and Ohio, I learn that several of them are desirous of settling in the Spanish Terri- tory :-Knowing that you were forming a settlement in that coun- try; I saw no readier way of satisfying their enquires respecting it than by applying to you for information. In addressing you, Sir, on this subject I am less influenced by the very slight acquaintance which happened between us at Potosi than by the belief that it may be your interest and wish to communicate inteligence of this kind to those intending a removal to the Spanish province. For myself, having latoly received a Medical Diploma from the Ohio College, I expect to get my bread by that profession which I expect can be done as easily in this country, hard as they [times] are, as in the new and thinly populated province of Texas. The enquiries of my friends are directed principally to the price and qua[l]ity of land, the price of produce and live stock, the price of mechanics wages and the climate with regard to health. I have a brother who is a -Millwright who with five or six farmers will remove somewhere to . ' ..
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