[Transcript of Letter from Emily M. Perry to Stephen F. Austin, November 10, 1828] Page: 1 of 3
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Dear Bro&her***
Xt i# Ma# t^Ma aioce$ I ha^e wlten te yw. X
haw often and ei'tea yepwohad wyaalf fw wy aegleat and laai^
aeaa, but indeed, the eare of wyPaatly, ooompya eoaueh of ay
tins, that I have not * wa *at that I tea eallwyown# I wrote
two Mentha Mace to ay aisHf* and aamt MM? a few artteleaby
H*T af *iao a bo*of Oarden seed, aa#M*y*i aa a*-
^^\eo^tnent aa I eoald eoliaet, which l hop* will arrlva aafe; X
^ ana vary much diaapolnted that I Aid not aee M}r ^ Aastln, i had
it at i*aat an Hand*** <<aa*tton'* to at*, ha way keep htmeelf pre*
Jlpar'd to receive a aawaa* reprehend tzf I aw ha** the pleaeare
of aeetng htm) for h*a neglect! a&the hit a*aaaa wee a very good
we
I waa trwly rajoio'd to bear that My Bear Brown had
eo good a eholee la a oaapaaion* ay "tad will aow be aa*h
aore at eaee than It ever haa been, alnee you have M*ed In that
wtldemeae country* I have often thought of the lonely Bathelcr
life that you have lad, atwoe you have reatded tn Texaa I fiat-
tar myeelf that I ahail aea Brown and hia Lady BaxttJ apring, aa
it ia nothing to wa&e the trip by water— Tell Bllaa that *he
had bettor make her viait now, than pat it oftfj a f w yearCdJ aha
way be attuatod aa I am* tyod at haw* with a large Family, :
* have been living at the wlnaa fowr Yeare, and have not been est
ef the County jggg**** I belatve that X maatt^n*d tn a fornax* &a%**
tap th* Daath ef my poop iittla 3EmHy* aha waa aloK aaiy a few
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