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you I hope the people by this time knows you are not iri. this Coun- try and will for the future direct their letters to Texas your friends within my lmowledge are well, your aunt Austin has another fine Son, t.heay call him Elick, ·I toll them theay will have to Send their Sons to the Spanish Country to ·get. land-Moses talks of going Sometimes, but your Uncle is averse to it-G Hammond returnd from George 7 a Short.time past, as poor as ·when he went on in Short he is compleatly broak up and is.not worth a dollar and your Uncle has to Support his fa.maly- he talks of mackeing you a visit-if he Should I hope you will have but little to do with him, he has never manifested any friendship to our famaJy and from his treatment to your deceased father he well knows he is not intitled to any favours from you or any-of-us-I feel Sorry for Eliza-and hur little children-I expect to go to Herculaneum in a few days I have-some property,their which I must do something with I have thought it would be best to Send my pot mettel to new orleans to the care of l\i• Hawkins provided the freight was not two high, you may recollect my Son, what a quantity of bucks horns was taken in, nothing has been don[e] with them, but as Fletcher now occupys the place and theay being in his way, Something must be done with them and I have Concluded to Send them down the river to you or your friend H[awkins]-perhaps may Sell them for Something-I Shall also Send Some plough Shares, your poor father was very particular in get.ing, the Iron of a pecular good quallity it requirs no Steel, oh how I regret that the great distance that Seperates us, deprives me of the pleasure of hereing from my dear Sons as oft as I wish, I hope my dear Brown will not omit writing to his mother or Sister by every Opportunity and let us know how he is pleased with the country and Climate, we have had a very cold hard winter and even now we are apprehensive of looseing all the fruite by sevear frost-we are all disireous of leaveing .this changeable climate and shall rejoice when the time of our departure arrives-I wish my dear Sons to be particular in writing and adviseing us, what to tacke with us. _M• B, expects to have all businiss arranged by October. but I shall still flatter myself it will be in my dear Stepn power to visit Mis~ouri before the fall. I expect to receiYe some money from J er- sey this Summer and have made an arrangement ,with M• S Perry to get the money for me . he f;l-111. his lady has gown on to Philade]a I _have wrote him to make use of the three, hundred dollars if he wished So.to do and allow me 20 persent for the use of the money- if I get thi$ it will be in iny power to pay of[£] Some of my son B debts contracted in Kentuckey and,wish.him to let me lmow who to pay it too-your little Nephfo:ws are all fine Children in good health and often speak of their Uncles, our little guy is the beauty of the
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