I Samuel S Pearson of the United States
Wishing to become a settler of the Province of Texas, makes the
following proposition, that it is my wish to settle at or near the
mouth of the river Colorado or Brases on land taken up by Stephen
Austin Esq. I being perfectly acquainted with Ship Building in alt
its various Branches and can likewise put up the machinry that is
necessary for driving Cotton Ginns and other Carpenter work etc.
It being understood that it is my wish to settle in the first
settlement that shall be built at or near the mouths of one of those Rivers
(and that I shall have one League Square of land on one of those
Rivers as near the mouth as possible) for the purpose of carrying on
my Business
Mexico Jany 20th 1823
Saml S Pearson