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PAPERS OF :MIRABEAU BuoN.AP.\RTE LAM.AR
.r o. 441 1836 Aug. 29, J. IKIN. AFFIDAVIT 4
City and County of New-York, ss.
Jouatban Ikin maketh oath and saith, that he has purchased some tim;e since from John Woodward of the city of New-York, forty thousand acres of the script or rights to settle under the Empresario Charles [A.] Beal-and that he has already taken steps partly [ to ] ettlc tl1e same, and is about to cttle the remainder, he having been in Texas since the purchase, iand made staisfactory observations as to the country and its resources. That Judge Woodward stated to him expressly that he did not hold any of his rights in Texas fot· sale or speculation, but exclusively for settlement, and that unless be would settle the same according to the laws and policy of Texas, he would not dispose of them at all, and that he had not disposed of any other of his· rights. That this deponent is aware, and verily believes, that the sole object of Judc,e Wood,rnrd is to settle the rights he ha purcha ed in Texas according to its laws and policy, and tha his objects in making purcha es in Texas, were substantial as to the country and himself, and that all his habits a11-d character are adverse to mere speculation, or any thing bordering upon it. And this deponent further saith that he is apprized of the plans of Judge Woodward as to Texas, and that they all in his opinion tend eminently to advance the policy and resources of the country, and have had an exclusive reference to those objects. (Signed,) JON. IKIN. Sworn to before me this 29th August, A . D. 1836. l\I. Ulsboeffer, .A.ssociate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas fo.r the City and Collnty of New-York.
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1836 Aug. 31, [T. J.] RUSK. ANKOUNCEl\IENT DECLINING CA~DIDACY FOR VICE-PRESIDENCY 6
TO TIIE PUBLIC.
GEN. RUSK, highly sensible of the distinguished honor to which his friends are an..xions to elevate him, by nominating him for the Vice-Presidency of this Republic, and grateful for the -confidence thus manifested, is nevertheless imperiously bound, both by duty and inclination, to withdraw fr.om the canva -duty, because the Consti- tution expressly provides for a particular age, (thirty-five,) which 'Copy. In No. 1711. "Broadside.
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