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/ New York Ser 1. 183$. o/^$ ir Sir. It is with the ^re^test ple asure I leaara from your Letter dated at Vera Cruz, of your safe arrival frm- from the midst of personal Dangers, of no ordinary Kind.- A sympathy almost universal, exists for your welfare and that of your colony. The Governt of the U. S. cannot disobey the public opinion, which will insist upon your safety and well being so long as you exhibit that temperate and just view and conduct which you have always done-. I shall be happy to hear from you-^from Felipe De Austin-^I am anxious to know how the politics of the colony are now. nod preserve ycu for a more peaceful and happy future. I am affecty and respecty Yra truly. / / / (Signed) Meigs. Colonel Stephen F Austin. San Felipe de Austin Texas (via# New Orleans.
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