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[Transcript of letter to Stephen F. Austin concerning the settlement of 500 families, 1826]

Copy of transcript for a letter to Stephen F. Austin concerning the immigration of 500 families from Louisiana to Texas.

Date: 1826

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of colonization petition from Arthur G. Wavell, February 18, 1826]

Copy of transcript for a colonization petition from Arthur G. Wavell to bring 400 to 500 families from Europe and Mexico to colonize the area between the small stream of Satecha or Sulphur Fork and the Red River.

Date: February 18, 1826

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of letter from José Espinosa de los Monteras, February 18, 1826]

Copy of transcript for a letter from José Espinosa de los Monteras relaying the information that President Guadalupe Victoria approves Arthur G. Wavell's colonization petition, however the colonists cannot occupy the right bank of the Red River for the Shawnee Indians legally own that land.

Date: February 18, 1826

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of colonization grant and boundaries issued by Ignacio de Arispe to Arthur G. Wavell, March 9, 1826]

Copy of transcript for a colonization grant and boundaries issued by Ignacio de Arispe to Arthur G. Wavell defining the terms and the conditions of the colony.

Date: March 9, 1826

Item Type: Text

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History