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every other person except Mr Austin and the Families which he is authorized to introduce. As respects the titles to your land, the settlers may rest satisfied that they are indisputable and must always be good under any circumstances, or any change of Govern- ment- The original Concession for this Colony was granted by the Spanish Government before the revolution, it was then con- firmed and the quantity of land designated by the Emperor Augus- tin, by his Imperial Decree dated February 18 th 1823, and the whole was reconfirmed by the Sovereign Congress of the Mexican Nation by their Decree ·dated the 10 of April 1823 which was approved, published, and ordered to be executed by the Supreme Executive Power on the 14 of the same month-The Grant and all the Decrees and papers relative to it are regularly recorded in the office of the Secretary of State for Interior and exterior relations in the City of Mexico, and also in the office of the Commandant General of these Provinces in the City of .Monterrey, and also in the archives of this Province in the city of Bexar, and l\fr Austin has a certified copy in his possession· Agreeable to the grant, the title Deeds for each tract of land will be made in the name of the Mexican Government and signed by Mr Austin as the founder of the Colony, and by me as the Govern- mental Commissioner appointed for that pu11)ose by the Governor of this Province, and records will then be made of them in the arch- ives of this Province in Bexar-Mi·. Austin is also authorized to establish a R~corders office at the Capital of the Colony in which the titles will also be recorded. I cannot too strongly recommend to you the necessity of good order, industry, and obediance to the Constitutional authorities, and that you should be governed in all things connected with public mat- ters by the founder of this Colony Mr. Stephen F. Austin, a man whose former character in the United States, and prudent and cor- rect conduct in this country has acquired him the full confidence of the highest authorities of the Mexican Nation. Castlemans on the Rio Colorado August 9, 1823-3d year of Independence and 2 year of Liberty. EL BARON DE BASTROP [Rubric]
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1 Bexar A1·chlvcs, University ot Texns.
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