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other very liberal :articles ·which· you will see in' a. short tim·e, the quantity of la.nd is somewhat greater for each family___.:_but all 'is owing to his stay untill the business· was concluded if he had not have done so it is extremely-doubtful whether the Jaw had been con- cluded this year-he pressed it every.da.y until rit length they·con- cluded it and presented it to the Emperor who·sancionecl it imme- d j :l tely • r • • ' • I "I, 1- : 1 ' ! , < ; 1 , I have understood that my brother left :Mexico on the 22d o-f J an 1 if so he will be here in a·tcw days he comes on,·fully:, 1 estecl with po"er to secure your lands forever-the go,·. tells· me that he will send the Jaw of colonization to the Colorado, and the Alcalde thereof will forward it on to you by this conveyance. · ,· , • ; 1 ,ve have in this ·place the greatest scarcity of corn and flour im- aginable the,council of the town have sent to the Interior for corn . but it is not to be had nnd now they send to,the Colorado. H any person should have a little corn·to sell either on the Brazos or Colo- •rado they can now sell it for almost what they please and deliver it nt their homes. I expect my Ill'()ther every day; I hope that in a short time I shalJ have the pleasure of seeing you on the Brazos Untill then· I remain }'Ours • ·JA 8 • E. B; AusTIN : [Rubric] LAcldressed-:] Josiah H Bell Alcalcle·on the Rio Brasos.
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Sria de la Comnncl 1 Gral. .cle Prov"" Ynternas de Oriente 1823.
s_onnE EL ESTABJ.'E('.BflE_NT? COLONIAL DE DON ESTEVAN F. AUSTIN, EN LA rnOVA ,DE LOS TEXAS,. Oficio-Capitania General rennfcla-Seccion· de Oriente- Exmo. Sor. Ministro de Relaciones interiores •y cxteriores con fha 11 clel corriente me disc lo siguiente-Exmo. Sor.-De orclcn del Emperaclor acompafio a V. E. para su conocimiento y demas efectos que corresponclnn, cop1a ·certi.ficad~ del dictamen clel conseJo de Estado en el Expecliente instruido a Ynstancia de D Estevan F. Austin sobro el estableciniiento de Trescientas familias en la. Pro"" de Texas, y dela Resolucion Ymperial quc le ~ay6 en clho Expe- diente; en concepto de que 'en es~a f_ha" hago igua'l' comunicacion al Gobernnd6r de lo: citada Prov•··•pn· que procedri, clesde luego nl cumplim 10 • de lo prebenido en ]a purte _quc le tocit. ·y como enla cita<la resoluc-ior. no se sefialan expresamcnte los pormenorcs del
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