certain dt·~igning foreigners in Monclova exciting and crealing n·bellion and ln~ulting the Sovreign Nation" etc. etc . Tlw Sale of 650.-Leagues of Land by the Slate has caused much excitement in these Settlements-so far as I have heard the p1•ople an• not willing to stand the pull lf there was any way lo lwlp it-. What do you believe Santana's Intentions are? l have Just received a new Land Law, dated 2nd may-(pasl)-lt provides for all who are Now in lexas and who have not got any to recieve land acordi11g lo the Law of 24-mareh J825-, by way of a commissioner Genl. one for Each department of Texas Shall be appointed, and those who come to the country Since-May 1832-shall pay lo the Stale 60-$ on a si Lio of pasture, and five Dollars 011 each Labore of Arable Land. I Leave home lo day on a surveying lour in deleon's Colony, and shall be gone 4-or 5 week-. There has been a great many more applications for Land in that Colony than the contract calld for-his lime was out 29th of April-but he has time granted to have the Surveys, an titles made- There has been more than 50-applicanls since the contract was filld who of course could not be rccieved Colo Dewitt Died some time ago in Monclova.
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[MUSQUIZ to DIMITT]
[Ramon J\Iusquiz, Bexar, to Philip Dimill, June 3, 1835, about activi tics in the colonies.]
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[Domingo de Ugartechea, Bexar, lo Martin Perfcclo de Cos, Matamoros, June 3, 1835, reporting the arrival of Williams and staling that he will be detained in spite of his offer to allay lrouble in the colonies. J
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