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TEXAS STATE LIBRARY
No. 2375. A. YOUNGER T◊-. LA}IAR
[Red Oak] Navarro County January 23d 1848-
Gen. M:. B. LAMAR DEAR Srn your's of 14th Inst has come Safe to hand by the goodness of Mr Hunt You inform me of the price you now ask for your ]ands and what you asked when I saw you at Austin 2 years ago I know you asked $1.00 pr acre when I Saw you and you Say I did not object to the price I know that to be the fact but as the Lawyer Said to the farmer Circumstances alter cases I am yet wiBing to give that price if I cou]d git this ]ower 800 acres which is worth all the rest you have or ever Claimed here I do not believe that you at that time knew any thing of the Mistake I saw l\fr Beaty Shortly after I saw you on his way to Austin he claimed the land for his Services as Locator and Said there was Some mistake he wanted to have rcctifyed how it now stands I do not know perhaps you know and is near the office where you Can git correct information in respect to that mater if I do not git this ]and I expected to git I am not willing to give more than 50 Cts pr acre for the balance and dear at that we have bought of Sublett & Riggs at 15 Cts pr acre as good or better than yours there is thou- sands upon thousands here they dont pretend to ask more than 50 Cts pr acre for Another Very strong reason is I have been informed by Mr Welch & others you offerd your ]ands for 50 Cts. pr acre to different persons I do not atach any blame to you or design and I am allso Satisfyed that you heard unfavourable news in respect to my trespassing and design I do assure you I felt morrally bound to Comply with the Contract we made; I have cut but a small portion of your timber Compared with others the man that settled on G. B. Lamars land not knowing whern the lines run has made use of the timber on the uper 800 acres which was most Convenient the place I am on now the Irishman had Cut and bawled rail Cuts them and rails I had made 4 miles below fenced the farm I have here I can git Enough of timber without teching yours to do me and is trying to prevent others but Cant without some difficulty your 1600 acres runs with tlie creek the lands on each side is pore points the botoms narow timber indifferent I do not know of but une place that a man could git a farm of twenty acres the Colony lands join and is Prairie is all the reason I want yours If you will come and see me and do not find what what [ sic l I relate so I will pay you for trouble and expense If I thought there was any chance for us to trade I would come and see you and pay the money but I cant ride so far upon unCertaintys. I am scarcely able to ride I am afflicted with Rheumatism which is the main Cause of my delay in coming here }fr Hunt states that you owe him $120- as for Locat- ing lands I have a letter impowering me to recipt you for the Same Mr Hunt owes me this money I want you to inform me in respect to it. I have given you a faithful] detail of what I think to be the Sit- uation of our trade the Value of your lands that you now claim and what I am willing to do if you see proper to answer I shall take it
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