Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1919, Vol. 2 of 2

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Excerpt from Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1919, Vol. 2 of 2: The Austin Papers, Part 2Sir I now for the first time cince'i left you embrace the op pertunity to write to inform you of my Situation and interest relitive to the brases and the reasons of my Detenshions Cinse I Came home I have been in Georgia and South Carolina and should have started to the Brasses imadeantly on my arival from Georgia if I was not compeled to attend two suits of law which I had instituated some time before I went out to see you one for the killer of my negroc and the oather against a villin for altring a Hog marke which will bee Detarmed in all in Aprile and I then ¿atter my self that some time in may I shall have the pleasure of seeing you acompined by my brouther and family as it will not bee in Merritts power to Come for a short time as hee has a great Deale of business to sittle but will bring a hand to improve his plase, I shall bring my familey by water and am about to start to orlains to procure a vessel for that purpose Mr. Williams the bearer of this has confirmed me in my most sanguin oppinion of the brasses being the most Desirable part of the Continant I have said and Don every thing I Could in its favour but how can Istand against prejudice and folshoods but time will Dispele the hate and I hope I shall live to see it improve and ¿urish I have been informed that you have Designated my lands and I have now Doubt but there situation in point of ad vantage is Calculated to please on my arival as I have made loud ex petations on that head as I often thinke and speake of the lands on the mile [illegible] as that seems to bee my favourat spot but shall refar all to my arivale as I ¿ater my self that I shall ever find a Cincere friend in you for if I was not confirmed in that opinion I Could [be] happy and make money where I am you will present my best wishes to all my friends with you Mr Tong Cor16 Pettes and familey Mr Bell and familey and all acquentences I Could sitt-and write a volum to you on the subject of the braces [brazos] but°as the time is short [until] I shall arive I will wave the subject to then and I hope you will accept my best wishes for your health and happiness and that I shall soon bee one to ad to the number of your Contry and as such I will subscribe my self vour friend and obt St.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.