[Transcript of memorandum from Elias R. Wightman, [1837?]] Page: 2 of 4
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principal act of ownership he ever exercised over it I
wrote to him, at Brazoria or Velasco once, in 30 - or 31
l think on the subject of offering a portion of it at sale
in Orleans whici he answered and much approved but refered
me however to Col Austin a. F. for his opinion as he seid hie
Brother's approval wo^Td be necessary, as he knew n.ore about
those things or something to that amount (which letter I stil
h9ve among my papers) Col Austin discouraged for this time
the project of the sale of Town property saying it was too
soon to push Mpta&orda He was doin^ more for Matagorda than
ell we could do by premature sale he was settling the coun-
try up the Colorado with Kentucs and Tennesseans who would,
go down and mrke a frolic throwing the raft out &c. and I
went home and waited lor the Kentuc frolic All other mat-
ters before and after the demise of J* B* Auetin Col L* !&*
th
Austin h?d the whole control of the 4 of Katagorda, and
when the present Constitution wat* ioi^ed he actett as the
representative of J B. Austin at the same time avering that
He was the true and real owner which is due time he would
show, and made such declaration a natter of record in the
Alcalde* office in the Tovn of Sen filipe de Austin, since
wt ich time and before I have many letters in vhicL he ex-
ercise ownership over it ejid finally at le^ Orleans in 1836 —
he did the same wheW I saw him in Iec of seme year, and was
recognized by the bor-rd of proprietors, Yet nominally as
the representative of hie Brother Jemee p. AuetinThrcugh.
my agency v^hicit w s constituted at the fra^.in& oJ the Ins-
trument cellect tie Constitution oi the Board of proprietors,
and never revoked while he lived
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