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Diary of Adolphus Slerne
Wednesday 10th-- Reed a bundle of letter pr mail answered
Mr Leplecher & Mr Salzman-
The Land Office not ready yet for me- J A Newlands cannot
get a Notary to certify to the copies made out by him, as they
don't understand the Spanish language- pretty Notaries in-
deed- Texas all over-
Newlands says Genl Rusk will be the best person to give a cer-
tificate respecting Dr Grant Hle agrees with me in the opinion
that the intended suit against the Govt is all folly, we are, or
rather the Allen's are in possession of the Lands and no one
disputes their claim- why then seek a lawsuit ?-
Thursday 11 April 1839. Foggy this morning Got W F Gray
N P. to certify to the documents to which got the certificate of
the Secy of State Conversed with Genl Fras White Johnson re-
specting Dr Grants business and obtained his affidavit concerning
the servitude of the Doctor- Old Wm Pettus spoke of the Doc-
tor with the utmost admiration &c1"
Friday 12th- Fine clear weather- Packt up the Land office
Book, Law of last Congress, and several documents in a parcel
and addressed it to E Salzman 65 Gravier St. N. O. and advised
him thereof by letter- Gave it in charge of Mr Gladwin of
Galveston to put on board the "Cuba" on his arrival at the Island-
Left Houston at 3 P. M. crossed the Bayou at Allens & went
out to Capt. Blacks whence the road. extremely bad, up to the
belly every step- country flat & partly unwooded
Saturday 13th- Left at 8 A M- The ground covered with
water in all directions- crossed two Bayous with difficulty--
reached Betsy Jones ferry at 3 P M on the San Jacinto-went 3
miles farther to Penn's- through bad road-got there at 6-
Sunday 14- Left at 7 A M. and found the Lynchburg road
"Ehrenberg also expresses the warmest admiration for Dr. Grant. On
the march from San Antonio to La Bahia, although Johnson and Morris
were in command, "in reality," he says, "it was Grant, the beloved Scot,
who led us, in spite of the fact that he regularly refused to be elected."
Fannin would not take part in the expedition, to Matamoras because,
according to Ehrenberg, he feared, "and he had reasons to, that he would
not lead the command where the universally popular Colonel Grant was
present." Grant's only weak point, he concludes, "was his over cred-
ulousness concerning "the persuasiveness of the inhabitants on the other
side of the Rio Grande." Bartholomae, E. W., "A translation of Ehren-
berg's Fahrten and Schicksale Eines Ileutschen in Texas, with introduc-
tion and notes," manuscript volume. University of Texas Archives.315
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