The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 9, July 1905 - April, 1906 Page: 285
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Notes and Fragments. 285
of the church and the priests' house by both Solis and Ybarbo as
the only buildings worthy of note make it improbable that any
structure corresponding to the "Fort" existed.
HERBERT E. BOLTON.
IMMIGRATION TO TEXAS AND THE DOMESTIC SLAVE TRADE.-
The following letter, the original of which has been presented to
the Association by Mr. R. A. Hanrick, of Waco, is especially in-
teresting for the illustration it gives of the movement of immigra-
tion towards Texas and the working of the domestic slave trade
in the United States:
Montgomery Deer 2d 1832
Robt M Williamson Esqr
Dr Sir Your esteemed favour of Novr 1st has come to hand.
It gives me great pleasure to find that you are so faithful to your
promise of 'detailing the various affairs of our adopted Country-
Such is the difficulty in winding up a ten years unsettled business
that it will be impossible for me to leave the United States before
September next I allso will have to make a trip to Virginia for
the purpose of adding to my Stock of Slaves which will take up so
much of my time that I cannot start sooner than the period men-
tioned You may look with a great deal of certainty for many of
your old acquaintances in Texas next Spring the Spirit for emigra-
tion to that country is very great and thousands would go but for
the terrors of =a Mexican government these idle fears I have en-
deavored as much as possible to allay and I believe with much
success except with some of the more timid. You mentioned in
your last letter that you beleved Mexican grants of Eleven leagues
could be procured for a reasonable sum if so you will perceve by
the enclosed proposition that Mr Edward Hanrick George Whit-
rman and myself are disposed to procure some of them the selec-
tions of which will be left entirely to your own discretion and
should you be disposed to take up with the proposition I feel satis-
fied that we will be well pleased with your selections In conse-
quence of the disturbances in Texas the Messrs Prichards have de-
clined their journey untill another year Mr. Beard & 'Thompson
have started to 'Texas and no doubt will arrive ere this
The Political news of the United States is that Jackson has been
reelected President by an overwhelming majority-South Carolina
has nullified the Tariff acts; which is to take place in February
next, provided congress does not abandon the protective system by
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