The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 74, July 1970 - April, 1971 Page: 401
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I have never heard from you since by Mr. Clay & strange to tell
have never received a letter from any other person in Kentucky, though
I have written to every friend who requested it, & perhaps to more.
Tell Dr. Smith I have been several times on the point of writing to
persuade him to move to this country. I think the climate would
renovate his constitution, especially if he would settle in Matagorda
on the Sea coast & we need good physicians so much it would be doing
the community a kindness. I am afraid of the responsibility of per-
suading anyone to move, but if the Dr. & Mrs. Smith would make up
their minds to live on corn bread & beef & put up with privation
a little more patiently than I have done, I think they would be pleased
with Matagorda. I have not seen the place, but have an acquaintance
or two there. It is situated at the mouth of the Colorado & is the
best port on the coast & is rapidly improving & am told contains
the best society of any town in the Colony . . .
Your Sister
Lydia Ann
Austin's Colony. Texas
July 17th. 1836
Dear Brother,
A few days ago Maria received a letter from you in which you say
nothing about any letter coming to hand from me. If I were sure you
had received the half score at least which I have written you in the
year & a half that I have never had one from you, I certainly never
would write again. I received a letter from Martin last winter, which
was as reproachful & lordly as though I had been some refractory child,
& it was his business to bring me into subjection. My offence was,
refusing to consent to his paying Maria the whole of her part of our
paternal inheritance, before I received any part of mine, & giving him
as a reason, that Maria had cast up to me scores of time, that I had
been turned out of both my brother's houses & imposed on her with-
out the proper means of support. I have no wish to discuss the subject,
but for Gods sake do not you & Martin any longer treat me as an
idiot who requires a guardian, but what little I have, let it be my
own & not par[t]nership property. I am thankful to you for the in-
tended kindness, in paying Jane for Carner, but I should have been
far more so if you had let me pay the whole myself, & drawn the Bill401
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