The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 13, July 1909 - April, 1910 Page: 140
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tend planting them in pumpkins and Corn I have made but
little fence. if I can possibly get any person to come and make
me 4 or 5000 rails, I intend doing it; as I am not able to work
now as I have done, on account of Rheumatic pains. I have had
no chance to get my upper House finish'd yet and I am afraid
there will be a dull chance of getting it done this season as every
person appears to be flocking to Houston. I am told they are
building there rapidly. Col. Morgan told me yesterday that Lotts
were selling at Houston as he understood at $1000, that there had
been something like thirty sold, if I recollect aright. I inform'd
you in my last where Houston lies, and who was the purchaser's
the Messrs. Allens, one of them has purchas'd Sloop Point. I told
Col. Morgan that one of your friends wish'd to purchase a Lot,
and ask'd him his price, he told me 1st choice $500-2d 300-3d
200 and so on down as low as $25, but if he would put up a two
story frame building he might have one of the first choice for
$100, and so on in proportion, if a one story building, the Lots
would be higher. I also told him that hammer'd Dollars would
suit you as well as any. he replied that they were ready. he then
ask'd me if you had sent his note on. I told him it was likely you
had, and I expected he would find it at the House of Messrs. Sloo
& Byrne. I told him should he go in by the way of Cincinnati
that you would be very glad to see him, and where you reside he
said he would do so should that be his route. the highest I have
been offer'd for the Greenfield tract as yet is $1.50 by 2 persons,
Col Morgan for one. he has purchas'd Doctor Patricks part at
that price. I dont wish to sell it yet. Mr. Stratton told me to
hold on a while and not sell yet, that there was a Gentleman on
board of the Vessel he came out in, that told him as soon as the
affairs of Texas become settled that there was a great many of the
Mississippi Planters coming out to purchase farms, that they had
worn theirs nearly out that they were determined to have places
here. this Gentleman heard numbers conversing in this way in
N. Orleans, and he thought that it would break up the state of
Mississippi. I therefore think it Best to Defer the sale of it a
while longer. I think I can do much better with it here, nor you
can there, I therefore wish you not to sell it, as you have given the
disposal of it to me. I therefore consider it mine. if I cannot sell
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Texas State Historical Association. The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 13, July 1909 - April, 1910, periodical, 1910; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101051/m1/154/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.