The stock shall be issued in shares of $100 each payable in 10 years from date, with interest payable annually at 8 per cent, at such place, as said stock shall be subscribed, said scrip shall be received also in payment of one fifth of all monies due by the holder at the land offices of Texas, and in payment of one fifth of all imposts due at the custom houses of Texas, and at the end of five years the Government shall have the privilege of redeeming one fifth of the remainder annually, and at the expiration of 10 years of redeeming the remainder (if any there be) on giving 6 months notice. Books of subscription shall be opened for said stock, and the subscribers shall pay 25% at the time of subscription, and notes for the remainder in three equal payments al 6, 90 and 120 days, endorsed to the satisfaction of the Directors of the U. S. Bank, or persons appointed by them to decide, and the Bank shall discount said notes, and pay the first payment, and the proceeds of notes to
the Commissioners. [To Nicholas Biddle]
[Stephen F. Austin]
[2664] [BOWIE to GREEN]
April 9th 1836
To Genl. Green, Sir,
I have received the comm1ss10n of Colonel in the third regiment of your brigade, of this date. I have the honor to accept the same.
R. P. Bowie
[2665] [BOYER to GREEN]
[Henry Boyer to Thomas J. Green, April 9, 1836, reporting
on recruiting activities.]
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