Gallatin County Kentucky
4th Aug. 1827.
Mr. S. F. Austin
Dear Sir I thank you for your letter of the 4th May last, which
I recd some time ago Post mark New Or. 27th May—I have not seen
Coin. Nicholas, nor have I recd of late any communication from Mr.
Cox concerning Texas—
I have no objection to a division, and will send out an agent if I
can, but my present impression is that I shall not be able to engage
a suitable one for some time, Mr. Sanders has a large family and
newly settled in the woods, their interests, requires his presence at
home, it will not be convenient for him to leave home so long—
I am like yourself destitute of means to appropriate anything at
present towards your settlements, and must wait untill something
more propetious presents itself—What do you think of the
propriety of sending an agent to England to make sales there of the
lands? great number of emigrants are now leaving that country,
artizans manufactures and farmers, may be something could be
effected that way, If your title is such as could be disposed of—
Some gentleman having other business might undertake this so as
not to make the expence burthensome—please let me hear your
views
Mr. Sanders thinks your province being without the U. S. there
would be no great inducement to cultivate sugar on act of the duties
unless you had some other market—
Would there be any office in the civil administration of your
provincial govt, that would suit Coln. Nicholas and him the office ?
My second son Edmund is placed in a house of business at
Louisville, with great respect your friend and obt Servt.
George Anne Hawkins