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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
Saturday the 81st July no change in the weather- Mrs. Sterne
had fever all night- send for Doctor Starr at day light, pre-
scribed, for her. took Blue mast and calomel, very sick all day-
not much fever towards night fever intirely left- mail from the
west brought me nothing but a Houston Telegraph- nothing in
it expt Electioneering
Sunday the first of August 1841 weather changed a little
cooler then it was before- Mrs Sterne better- thank god- send
off western & northern mails- wrote to Jonas Buttler of Gal-
vezton & J. W. Smith of Bexar nothing else in the Political
world- Mayfield was at Douglass yesterday made a favorable
speach, a Mr Cox- a Confederate and confidant of that notorious
scoundrel Juan Santos, wrote a letter to Douglass against may-
field, but the Man's rascality is so well established that he can not
hurt Mayfield-
Monday August the 2d weather hot, but not so opresive as it
has been, send of Eastern mail Mrs. Sterne better- missed her
fever- no news from any where- aniversary of the Battle with
the troops under Col Piedrass in 1832- which turned out in the
expulsion of the mexican troops from this part of Texas-
Thursday the Sd the heat not so severe as yesterday- the
People from the north Settlement and the Town of Nacogdochez
held a meeting in the Court House for the purpose of organizing a
Patrol, to Keep in due check the negro Population who are getting
rather too free- that is to say, they make too free with other
Peoples property- particularly at night.-
Wednesday the 4th warm weather- Judge Terrill in Town
came last Evening, was introduced by him to judge martin of
Mississippi, nothing new
Thursday the 5th pleasant weather sun obscured nearly all
day- Doctor allen returned from the great Indian Expedition-
saw no Indians the men under gel James Smith are all returning,
those under Gel. Tarrant are gone to the Brassos, to try to find
them, M. B. McKeever who Killed Joe Shanks- was killed up
at Fort King, in an affray, mail from East. Texas Treasury notes
at 15-17 & cotton 15-20 rumor that the loan is again knocked in
the head I care not if it is- good--
Fryday the 6th August weather rather Hot- General Me-
mucan Hunt in Town, from San Augustin electioneering-168
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