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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
PnocLAMATION DY A usTIN
Public Notice It hereby given to all persons whatever whether in this Province or in the ·United States or elsewhere whom I have either verbally or otherwise promised to receive as Settlers in the Colony .formed by me on the Brazos and Colorado Rivers in the Province of Texas And as such to Secure them lands-that unless they come forward and apply for said lands on or before the 1 st day of Novr. next I shall consider myself for ever exonerated from all such promises And shall not reserve Land for them longer than up to that period Province of Texas San Felipe de Austin July 12 th 1824 STEPHEN F. AusTIN [Rubric] Be it Remembered that I Sylvanus Castleman Alcalde of the Dis- trict of San Felipe de Austin at the request of Stephen F Austin did on this day put up an exact Copy of the Within Notice Signed by said Austin in my presence in the }fost public place of the Town of San Felipe de Austin July 113 1 " 18934 SYLVENUS CASTLEMAN Witnes.g present SAMUEL M. WILLIAMS [Rubric] LAu RrcH KENNY Be it Remembered that I James Cummins Alcalde of the District of Colorado at the request of Stephen F Austin did on this day put up an exact Copy of the Within Notice (Syned by said Austin in my presence) in the most public place in said District • July 13 th 18134 JAMES Cu:A-nuNs [Rubric] Be it Remembered that I John P Coles Alcalde of the Brazos dis- trict at the request of Stephen F Austin did on this day put up an exact copy of the within notice (signed by.said Austin in my pres- ence) in the most public place in said District JW/!I 1(/'h J8f4 ,· JNo P CoLES . , . [Rubric] LAW ABOLISHING SLAVE TRADE Ministro de Justicia y negocios Ecclesiasticos Seccion Secular.· , El Supremo Poder ejecutivo me ha. dirigido el Decreto que sigue. El Supremo Poder Ejecutivo nombrado provisionalmente .por el Soberano Congreso general constituyente, atodos los que las presentes vienen, y entendieren Sabed que el mismo Soberano Congreso, ha decretado lo qe. sigue.
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