To preserve good order in the colony under my charge, I have
been compelled to cause five men to leave it, with their families,
to wit: Briton Baylie, John M Coy, Alen White, David Fitzgerald
and Daniel O. Quin. They are all men of infamous character and
bad conduct, fugitives from the United States, one for having
committed murder, the others for having counterfeited money, and for
whose apprehension the American Government has offered high
rewards Men of such a stamp can not but be prejudicial to this
new settlement; therefore, I hope that my action will meet your
high approbation.
To prevent, hereafter, the introduction into this Colony of men
of that kind, I shall be compelled to keep up a rigid and active
police; which measure, I think, will also be approved by you.
Estevan F. Austin.
Brazos River, October 20th, 1823. 3rd & 2nd.