The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 32, July 1928 - April, 1929 Page: 349
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Diary of A dolphus Sterne
west about ten waggons with Emigrants passed our Town to day-
Monday the 22 very fine weather, send off the Eastern mail,
at home nearly all day attending to repairing fences round the
field,- Mrs Forbes very sick, Mrs. Sterne sat up with her till
11 P. M.
Tuesday the 23rd very fine weather- Town very dull, Emi-
grants coming in fast. Charles Hall of Crockett passed trough to
day with his Family for the U. S., wrote a long letter to Mrs
Kessler the widow of H. Kessler of Houston respecting the land
I sold to N. A. Bonzano her late Father, send the Letter and other
Documents by Mr. George Bondies who is to receive $120.00 for
me or return me the Papers intrusted to his Care, the land in
question is on the angelina, and on the white Rock fork of the
Trinity originaly granted to Maria Josefa Sanchez I paid $120.00
(principal & interest) for an improvement on the Angelina part
of Mr Bonzano's part, which must be refunded or the Claim to the
white rock fork Land: given up to me as an equivalent the Heirs
of Bonzano have choice- Mr Bondies is authorized to settle the
matter as stated in my letter of to day directed to the widow Henry
Kessler (Kept no Copy)
Wednesday the 924th November very fine weather nearly sum-
mer heat. Cloudy towards night- nothing doing in Town, Bon-
dies started for Houston took my Papers eta for the widow Kess-
ler,- busy repairing fences all day, Mrs Forbes very sick-
Thursday the 25th very, very, very, Cold- mail arrived from
East, brought nothing of any Consequence, a Ball this night at
Wm Arnolds-
Fryday the 26th Judge mason from Shelby County arrived
from Austin, not much news of any importance, indians plenty on
the frontier- Danger in going to Austin. Single- Sheriff of
Shelby County deposited in my hands Texas monay Audited
Claims, eta to the amount of the Treasury on my arrival at
Austin-
Saturday the 27th Novr very cold. cold. Cold. making
preparations to start for Austin. several Persons accompanying
Ned Roberts started for Crokett Court, Burke an eminent attorney
and Counsilor, who lately defended Allison Lewis accused of Killing
a man named . . [blank] in Sabine County was brutally at-
tacket and bruised by three men on account of the Part Burke349
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