Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, Volume 6, Number 2, May 1996 Page: 108
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Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal
Your affectionate son
C Wm Tait
Jas A Tait Esqr
Black's Bluff
Ala.
29. Charles William Tait to James Asbury Tait,
August 24, 1854
Columbus Texas Aug 24th 1854
Dear Father
Your letter of July 30th was received on the
21st inst, by which we were glad to hear from
you all. We were much pleased at the idea of
James' coming out to live. I expect I shall have
plenty of corn for him. I think he ought to buy
a small piece of land of Pinchback for a building
site. By looking at the plot I gave him you will
see that by buying a wedged-shape piece of
Pinchback & a similar piece of Haley; he would
have a very good building site convenient to the
rich land, & then together we should own the
whole prairie in front of us, & could not be
crowded by bad neighbors. I have found it
impossible so far to get a suitable woman for a
wife for King, if you have one that would suit I
would be glad if you would give her to James,
as we shall be so close together that an arrange-
ment of that sort would do very well. James
ought not to start later than October to come by
land; we are apt to have dry weather in Septr
October & part of Novr. When Mr Williams
moved out, he started the last of Septr, coming
by Jackson on the Bigby [Tombigbee] Rodney
on the Mississippi, & Natchitoches on Red
River, & made the trip in five weeks & had but
one rain on him the whole way. The biggest
freshet we have had on the Colorado since '43
was in '52 when the water was about 4 feet deep
along the road we travelled to the ferry. The old
log cabin at the ferry was not moved by the
freshet.
If James gets out time enough to let hiswomen pick cotton for me, I can put my men to
building for him.
We are all in good health now & have had
so far better health this year than usual. Louisa
joins me in love to you all
Your affectionate son
C Wm Tait
Jas A Tait Esqr
Blacksbluff
Ala.
30. Charles William Tait to James Asbury Tait,
September 13, 1854
Columbus Texas Sep 13th 1854
Dear Father
Your letter of Aug. 24th was recd on the
11th inst; by which we were glad to hear from
you all. I wrote to James by last mail, explaining
to him what I thought would be necessary. I
think that all he will need to have sent from New
Orleans will be about ten barrels of pickled
Pork, which ought to be sent to the care of Coen
& Co. Saluria & Clark L. Owen & Co Texana.
His plow gear will come on his mules, &
probably for the first year he will only need
scooter & shovel plow as most of his land will
be new If he needs other plows they can be
easily obtained. He can buy his axes in Texana,
& in fact any thing else he may need; which can
be easily hauled up, as my wagon will be
returning empty after hauling down my cotton.
I saw to day the overseer of the man who
rented the cleared land, on the Forbes tract he
thinks it made fourteen hundred bushels of corn
this year, on about thirty acres.
I think at first it will be best for James to put
his negroes in the bottom near the river on the
Forbes tract, he can make his prairie settlement
at any time after I would be very glad if he could
get the two wedge-shaped pieces of land of
Pinchback & Haley, which would give us the
entire control of the prairie near the house, & he
would get some excellent land besides. The108
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