[From Williams Papers, Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Tex.]
Bexar May 9 1833
Dr Sir,
The legislature adjourned on the last of april and Madero will
soon be on (as he says in a letter to a person in this place). I wrote
to him from here and informed [him] that you would be at home
the last of this month, by which time I think he will be on.
I owe something to Don Erasmo [Seguin]—he refused to receive
pay for the time my brother staid here, and I have always staid here
in my visits to Bexar and he never would receive pay—he has
planted cotton and wants a gin. I wish you to make arrangements to
get one for him on my account—not of the largest size, a strong gin
of the common kind would suit him better than any other for it
would be easier kept in order. I wish you to write to him on the
subject.
The people here agree in substance with the rest of Texas but
differ as to the manner, and will express no opinion for, nor against.
I leave tomorrow for Goliad and Matamoros, the whole country
here is inundated by excessive floods of rain. The indians have
killed two men within the last two days—one within three leagues
up Salado the other at Arroyo Hondo beyond Medina.
S. F. Austin [Rubric]
S. M. Williams