•THE AUSTIN PAPERS, 941 tions that you Can give or any Assistance you C_an be in ~etaining a valuable tra.ct for me on the St Bernard I S.hall Humbly thank you fo1· yours etc BENJAMIN LINDSEY
THOMAS "TESTALL TO AUSTIN
Winchester 14 th Novr 1824
Col STEPHEN F AusTIN Dear Sir After a long ·1oans~me and tedious journey I arrived at home on the 7 th Inst., and agreeable to a request you made I have formed a little company to go on.to your settlement with goods two young Gentlemen of this place will go on with me with between 2 and three thousand dollars worth of goods our object will be to trade them off for Mules and to make a[.s] quick and goo.d sale of the goods as possible I shall bring my family on with me if con- venient I would like if you :wpuld ·have ·a cabbin built .f9r me in Town we expect to be there sometime in Feby, should w_e:find the trade proffitable and can collect mules tolerably fast an~;.~hould it meet with your approbation it is likely that we will op~n a flew goods in your Province as one of the Young Men who will be a long has a Brother here who i$ a Merchant that will furnish hi~ :with any amount of goods that he can sell and we are all to have·an eaqual interest. I now think that it will ·be best for us to take a trip to Some of the Spanish Towns in order to enable us to make a good and speedy trip howeyer we do intend to take and be governed.by your advice entirely I would be glad that you would be ready to give as your advice so soon as we arrive I .calculate that we will have a long some usefull articles for the people of your Colony. THOMAS. ,v ESTALL [Rubric]
NATHANIEL Cox TO AusTIN
New Orleans 16 Novem 1824
Hon: STEPHEN F AUSTIN DEAR Sm Your Esteemed favour of the 26 of last month was handed me yest~rday-and I hnsten a reply to put you at ease on one account _which appears to have given you pain and anxiety- That when I mentioned the Extent of :Mr. Hawkins advances for the province I did not. even for a moment suppose he had any other claim on you than what you have mentioned to wit One half of the Grant-My object was to advise you of the amount and at a proper time to have some of the property sold as a remuneration- ! have always supposed that Mrs. Hawkins would decline your invitation of Settling in the Province, and lately am informed that
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