[Transcript of letter to John S. Brickey, April 19, 1839] Page: 2 of 3
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5th Can lands be had within the .settlements. if so or. what terms.
Yes. in any part of Tex n fror. one to ten Dollars per acre. &MExpx&
the price defends on the situ-tion and quality of the land 6. Ho?,
much land iH are given the head of a famaly. answer our last congress
passed * law giving to emigrants who may arrive before 1st *?any
1840 to he^ds of Famalies 640 acres to single men over 17 years of
a e half that qu^ntit^ conditioned that they become Citizens of the
country and remain in it 5 years ( not required to live on the land)
pay the expence of Title and Surveying, they get nj title untill
after the experation of the 3 years and cannot sell untill the title
is con-pleated 6t. you ask if all the Grants of lands made by the
Mexican Covt to^ndividials e=eaa=t ao Austin Burnett Dewit and others
still held, answer, those persons vere Impresariors or contracts with
the Ko^t and Lach had ; district of country design^ttd to collonize
or to introduce Emigrants on. they had xe six years allo-*e^ to comply
with these contracts fach emigrant reed, the quantity of land to which
he was entitled to by law- the Impresarios reed, for his services of
procuring the Emigrants five ^ Leagues and five Labors for Lach hun-
dred Families he introduced and ;t the experation of the contract
H*RxRhax*it2*KxgKKRaRRxKBtMXHKR^tax*hBX&avk all the land not granted
returned to the Govt all the titles granted under those empresorios
when they have complyed with the law are good. In :;ome of our
Towns property ir, high for Instant Galveston City Houston and Mate. -
gorda others it aell lov, The seat of Govt is now about to be permanent-
ly fixed I h ve under stood within a few days that the comicissioneBS
appointed for that ^urpose have agreed on a site on the r. side of
the Colora. about 35 miles above Bastrop and one hundred and thirty
five fr^m Matagorda Bay according to the Law- the town is to be laid
of imedeately the lots advertised in all the papers in our republic
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