November last, it now will be hailed by this people as the true course & the salvation of Texas. The particular object of this letter is therefore to urge upon you all an immediate & full declaration of independence, and to send it to the commissions by express with full powers to act under it. We hope all this will have been done, before this reaches you. We have stated here that we had no doubt the declaration would be made on this day, or on tomorrow the 4th of March. The regulation of the financial operations is all important. A Bank will give great facilities to the country in its monied affairs. Mr. S. M. Williams has made arrangements lo put one in immediate operation, he has the bills, &c. all with him. We strongly recommend this subject lo the convention and authorities. In our communication from Nashville we recommended the issuing of treasury notes, we now repeat that recommendation and have to superadd that the bank in our opinion will aid very materially in giving credit to these notes. As we informed you from Nashville, we shall procure the plates, &c., for the notes and take, or send them to Texas without delay, after which the law can be passed. We left Mr. Wharton sick at Nashville, but expect him here dayly. We shall proceed from here to Cincinnati & up the river, stopping a short time al the principal places.
[S. F. Austin]
[2228) (MOREHOUSE~ BRYAN]
To the Agent of Texas, Sir
The Emigrants on their arrival at this point on board of the Brig Matamorous, was necessiated to obtain the use of an Exlra Boat, as the Brigs Boats being too small to accomodate the great number of persons on board, where Mr. Beck had the goodness to loan them a Boat, valued at Fifty dollars, which Boat was lost whilst in the possession and use of the Passengers-it being evident that the money which is justly charged for land Boat costs not be raised within the Emigrants and the seamen individually being our
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