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^ / claim* to it. Wait tne nature of tR$ae claims is I ^cnow not*— I ^ ^ Co Mexh^s Lady told m3 her husbmd w^j going to Texas next Spring to Settle that ooiony and they sayj/ Woodbury a^u no claim to it. that ha is merely a^ent for the others. It will be impossible for nre to move ay family before March and if you ire elected to the Legislature it is posaibl*; that you will be home against the time we get there adieu may God blots and preserve you is tha sincere wish of your Friend James F. Perry I will <a*nd you tne Quarterly Review by Mr. Hunter I ex- p..t h. will b. th.r. atMly aa .c°n ** th. N.l.on a. h. will/ be in readiness A3 soon as I get home. I hiva failad in procuring the necessary description of the uniform Coat the Taylor^oould not describe it so that, it oould be made by the description, as I h^ve procured the cloth in Phil*. I will **nd it on ay return to our muti*l friends Austin and Taylor who have prepared to attend to having it made There and forward to New Orleans by the first opportunity and will probably be there against Mr W. M. Hunter arrives at New Orleans y o