TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1844-1845
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To account Patrick's bill ..... ........... . ......... ............ ........ .... 1.75 To account Jack Harry's (Indian) bill ................. .............. 1.75 Keeping mule .............. ..... 1.00
4.50 Received an approved account for four
50/100 Dollars, of which the above is a correct copy. S. R. ROBERTS tC11d:m,ecl] S R Roberts
No. 363 LETTER FROM R. FITZPATRICK TO THOMAS G. WESTERN Corpus Christi 1st Nov 1845 Dear Major, I have not had any opportunity to write you with the certainty of your getting it. I have sent you several mes- sages but I do not know if you have recd any of them as your where abouts was very uncertain but Mr Miller informs me that you will in future probably be located in Austin at the time I wrote to you from N Orleans. I had sent hopes that I could get the necessary goods for the Indian trade; but upon testing the matter I found it was impossible to do so; many persons were willing and anxious to sell goods, but they could not give credit, in fact no such thing as credit can be had in N Orleans without giving a town [?] acceptance. I tried to make an arrangement by giving security on lands in Texas, but no one would look at a Title of that Kind, as too many persons have been bit by Texas Titles. I came from New Orleans here and I found there was some little money to be made here and I determined to bring my people here and go to making bricks, by which I shall make money enough to buy one or two thousand sheep, after which I shall go to the San Antonio River and cultivate wool. If you can make an arrangement with t.he Torreys to establish a Trading house on the Colorado do so, and ·if it is necessary for you to do anything else do it, our friend [illegible] is here trying to sell goods and land, but I do not think he will do either. I think your San Antonio land will sell after a while dont be in too great a hurry, as you have waited so long wait a little longer. I will
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