The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 15, July 1911 - April, 1912 Page: 246
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Texas Historical Association Quarterly
KENNEDY TO ABERDEEN'
Private 31 Surrey St. Strand
October 20th. 1841
My Lord,
I have been in London since the evening of Thursday last, for
the purpose of awaiting the favor of Your Lordship's reply to my
Communication of the 12th Inst. On Saturday next my affairs
constrain me to return to the Country.
Before my departure I beg to inform Your Lordship that I have
reason to believe that General Houston, who has heretofore ap-
peared as the leading advocate of French interests in Texas, has
been elected President of that Republic. The reintroduction of
the Franco-Texan Bill," under his Presidency, may naturally be
expected
A new revolution has broken out in Mexico-Military Associa-
tions, for the purpose of overthrowing British rule and influence
in North America, have been formed, from Maine to Missouri-
the planters of Cuba are growing impatient of British interference
in the Slave Trade=these matters-which necessarily fall under
Your Lordship's Cognizance-may, I humbly conceive, be referred
to in support of my opinion that the interests of this Country re-
quire the early presence of an Agent in Texas.
I believe there are few among the great party leaders in the
United States who do not look to the speedy extension of the Fed-
eral Union from Hudson's Bay to the Rio Grande and the Gulf of
California with the Island of Cuba as an insular appendage.
IF. 0., Texas, vol. 2.
'The Franco-Texan bill provided for the sestablishment of a French
company, with authority to introduce 8,000 French colonists who were
to settle near forts, at least twenty in number, erected and maintained
for twenty years by the company along the northern and western frontier
from Red River to the Rio Grande. The company was to receive for its
services 3,000,000 acres of land, provided the colonists were introduced
and located according to contract. Other concessions to be granted the
company related to the working of mines and to trade and commerce.
(Austin City Gazette, July 21, 1841.) The bill passed the house of rep-
resentatives of the fifth congress but was defeated in the senate.-EDITORS
or THE QUARTERLY.
'The reference is to the "Hunters' Lodges" and similar organizations
along the northern border of the United States, formed to express sym-
pathy with and give aid to Canadian rebels in the rebellion of 1837-1839.246
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