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pany from September 21, 1831, until March 11, 1833, when he was
forced to leave Anahuac because of business stagnation there
following the expulsion of the Mexican garrison in June, 1832.
At present Morgan's Point, Henry Bowdoin Prentiss had an ex-
tended conference with Patrick about the company's mercantile
business and made a cursory inspection of Patrick's accounts. On
April 7 he wrote his brother James the letter that follows, in
which he gave an expos of company affairs as far as he had been
able to determine them. It is a good resumb, not only of the
activities of Patrick and the Union company in Anahuac but
also of the overbearing conduct of Bradburn. On April 8, 1833,
Henry Bowdoin Prentiss finished his draft, made a fair copy of
the letter, and set out for San Felipe to reach that place while the
Convention of 1833 was still in session before continuing on to
San Antonio and possibly Saltillo. At San Felipe on April 9 he
petitioned Stephen F. Austin for a headright. In his application
he stated he was a native of the United States, a married man,15
and a colonist introduced by Austin, and requested a sitio on
Sims Bayou within the present limits of the city of Houston. On
April 20 he received title to the tract.16 Perhaps he then continued
on to San Antonio and Saltillo. On August 17, however, he was in
Nacogdoches, when he wrote to Vicente Aldrete enclosing docu-
ments authorizing him to substitute for Agustin Viesca, who had
obtained an eleven league grant17 from the State of Coahuila and
Grand Commander, and Grand High Priest of Texas bodies. Although he had
joined the Disciples of Christ in 1819, he was a charter member of Christ Church,
Houston, in March, 1839. He died in Anderson, and his body now lies in the State
Cemetery in Austin. During his residence in Anahuac he had held a number of
official positions. Manuscript biographical sketch prepared by Louis Wiltz Kemp
of Houston and used with his permission; Vestry Minutes of Christ Church,
Houston [1839-1875] (MS., Dean's Office, Houston), 1; Edward Nicholas Clopper,
An American Family (n. p., 1950), 152-198, 225-229, 251-276, 294-304; Marriage
Records of Harris County (MSS., County Clerk's Office, Houston), A, 138; Tele-
graph and Texas Register (Houston), August 18, 1838, p. 3.
16Prentiss had been married on March 7, 1832, to Elizabeth, daughter of Deacon
Calvin Drury, of Pittsford, Vermont. At the time he made application for his
headright, he had a new daughter, Elizabeth Sophia, born on March 4, 1833.
Binney, History and Genealogy of the Prentice or Prentiss Family, 127.
16Spanish Records (MSS., General Land Office, Austin), VIII, 743-746; Trans-
lation of Titles, ibid., III, 309; Deed Records of Harris County (MSS., County
Clerk's Office, Houston), B, 52-53. This league was sold at execution sale on
March 15, 1845, for delinquent taxes for 1842 amounting to $2.76. Ibid., J, 212-213.
17The State of Coahuila and Texas began in 1828 to sell eleven league grants to260o
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