Woodville March 1st 1825
Dear Sir,
This will be handed to you by Mr. William P. Perkins; a respec-
table and wealthy planter of this country—Mr. Perkins visits your
Province with the view of acquiring Land and ultimately
establishing a sugar or Cotton farm in your province—Mr. P. has
respectable and extensive family connections here as well as in the State
of Tennessee—No doubt, should he be pleased with your country
and future prospects there, he will ultimately move there and be
the means of many valuable citizens mooving there both from this
State and from Tennessee—
I have been personally and intimately
acquainted with him for many years and have no hesitation in saying
[he] would be a valuable acquisition to your settlement—Mr. P.
is now waiting and you will therefore excuse this crude Note.—
Wm Johnson
Hon. Stephen F. Austin Province of Texas