The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 33, July 1929 - April, 1930 Page: 167

                                
Diary of Adolphus Sterne

a Letter from Mrs. Silverberg canton miss about some Land eta
Also one from Madame Lacombe a ligitimate Daughter of J. B.
Casenau, whishing me to attend to her part of the Estate of her
Father, to enter into an amicable arrangement with Tyler who has
posession of all the Estate, no news yet from Gel morgan
Monday the 7th fine cool weather send off western & Eastern
mail wrote to gel Post office Department how I am to do after the
1st April next, respecting the collecting of Postage in Silver on
Letters remaining on hand or received after date of 1st April,
which may have been mailed in March-Worket nearly all day in
the gardens negro woman Sick- Doctor Starr seen her, gave Pills,
& Castor Oil,-  news was received pr Mr. Wilder, from the North
that Col Bob. Potter & Mat Sims are killed by a man called Old
Rose- not ascertained possitively, but generaly belived, wrote
to John P. Border about Mr DeMorse, the Editor of the Northern
Standard to be printed at Clarksville or Napoleon to advocate the
interest of the People on Red River
Tuesday the 8th weather same as yesterday- Mr Blake left
for Montgomery County & probably to Houston & galveston ex-
pects to overtake Charles chevallier who left here a few days ago,
send by Mr Bl[a]ke (or Chevallier) in case Blake dont go to Gal-
vezton) an Order on Wm Pierpont for the note of $500.00 on S. B.
Fves, Capt of the Steam Boat Ned Burleson, given to me in 1837
for Land, gave either of said gentlemen plenary power to act in
the matter as if the note was their own property-   Father Mat-
the old Priest 103 Years old, died to day, he was a resident of this
place since 1772 his real name is Juan Jose Medina-     he was the
oldest Mexican in this part of Texas-      I know his History of
which something shall appear hereafter in the Redlander-
Wednesday March the 9th 1842 warm        dry weather, are very
much in want of Rain, Times getting worse & worse every day
Ten dollars now is as much an object as one Hundred were some
few years ago, how the People of this County can get the nesces-
saries of life till next fall god only knows, a perfect Barrier is
placed now between the introduction of even the Staff of Life
(Bacon & flour because those who have the fortune to raise monay
enough to purchase a little at Natchitochez, have not the means
to pay the duties on them, (Glorious change! hurrah for Texas,

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