Unknown to Stephen F Austin, 04-02-1836


Summary: Proposals for a loan to Texas.


Propositions made by sundry Individuals of New York to the Commissioners appointed by the Provisional Government of Texas to contract a Loan in the United States.—

The parties subscribing propose to Loan to the Provisional Government aforesaid, five Hundred thousand Dollars, more or less, on the following conditions.

1st The Bonds of said provisional government and a certified copy of the authority under which the said Commissioners act, shall be deposited in the hands of such Trustees, as may be agreed upon, as a security for the payment of the amount to be Loaned, agreeably to the Subsequent Stipulations.—

2d- The Loan to be made for five Years from date upon an Interest of Six per cent per annum payable semi annually in the city of New York.—

3d- Certificates of Stock, to be issued to subscribers to the Loan, in Shares of Eighty, one Hundred and Sixty; and three Hundred and Twenty Dollars.—

4th The commissioners to pledge themselves to exert their influence with the said provisional Government to obtain for the individuals loaning the money, the option to take Lands of the Public Domain of Texas in payment of said Loan at fifty Cents pr acre at their option, at any time, within Five years from the date named in the 2d- article. The said Commissioners, firmly believing that the option, will be at once granted, by the said provisional Government.—

5th- Ten per cent only of the amount subscribed to be paid prior to the decision of said Government with respect to the conditions Stipulated in the preceding Section.— And if the Government of Texas refuses to permit the subscribers to take the Lands at fifty Cents per acre as therein stipulated, then the 90 p % is not to be calld. for.—

New York April 2th 1836.

[Addressed:] S. F. Austin Esqr. New York