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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
many others in this plase are your open and dec[l] ared enemys Pad- rey Garsey wishes to rais a tax or a contribution from the·Settlers I now not for what perpis he also stated as you were receiving a hj,gh price for your lands he thought you could contribute to· him, this observation was maid •from a suppose chat he had with Lt Branom on his return from your plase he would have bin asked for an explination but for £ere of some danger rising from an Enquire it ·was delaid the Padry is your friend from what I am able to assertain There is no Political News in this plase • the Barron would write you but he [is] at present very much ocupied at presant he will leve her[e] in 10 days for your plase, the Barron send his best compliments to you . Sr you will be so good as not to for git my little busness I wish you to reserve a league of land below Bells some plase and one for me farther I want them as low down as possible The non admishion of Sl:Lvery has distress me very much, The B. preposes maney remadays and proposials to Congress for the admishion of Slavry in this Province I cannot coincide with him in opinion thay may possible be logical founded on the best, and most mature reflection and experience, •. it wiH rest with you to plan the present and future happiness and properiey [prosperity] of the coloney (for the ingr~titud of the inhabitance) which they are about to pay you Sr you will forgive me for desiring you to attend to my little busness _with Pettus etc and my land • P .- T. Dnr1\IITr NB my hand is very unstadey to _write as Yet •
JAMES GAINES TO AUSTIN
Sabine June 18 th 1824 •
C 01 s. F. AUSTIN Dr [Sir] your Two favas has come to hand, and the report of your having finally Setled the business among your Setlers, numerous Reports are Circulated, that I Represented at St An- tonio against the Setlers here and that I here •abused the people of the Colony nothing Can be more notoriously false • Certain It is on my Return home I found -the·people Confused and Exasperated on account of an answer to Quirks Representation by the Deputation sent in to Merim.endez [Berrimendi] ~efore·I a.rived at St Antonia.
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