[923) [KENNY to AUSTIN]
Dear Sir
The Bearer Mr Sidney S Callender is one of the Young men who have volunteered to aid the people of Texas in defending their rights-He is a practical printer and was for sometime Editor of the Lafayetlc Gazette-Sympathizing in your Cause he has determined to make Texas his adopted Country and to fight in her defence- There exists in this place in favour of your cause a Similer feeling, which will, be encreased and rendered more effective, when the determination of your Convention to maintain unimpaired the Constitutional right of Texas, or to establish an independent- Government is made known such measure wilJ inspire your friends with confidence, and you can obtain not only men but money- The many hardships suffered by the early settlers of Texas and their patience and forbearance under privations; You as well as myself have fully experienced, and I trust that in the hour of trial they wiU exhibit the same determined character, that they will be united and ratlu~r perish to a man than renounce a Country so dearly earned-As for myself I have nothing lo offer, but my personal services which I freely tender in any manner or shape, either here or there-my attachment for tcxas and her first settlers is unimpaired-I would peril my life in her defence-Should the war be prolonged (which can only be in case St Anna continues in power) you will need the assistance of this Country-In such event Agents Authorised by your provisional Government can do good Service in procuring men etc- I pray the favor of a letter from you, and an authority to remit men for your service-God prosper the people of Texas-
L. R. Kenny
New Orleans 20 Octr 1835 [Addressed:] Col. Stephen F. Austin Texas Mr. Callender Schooner Columbus [924) [FISHER to AUSTIN)
f George Fisher, New Orleans, to S. F. Austin, October 20, 1835, concerning the war in Texas. J
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