Dr Sir. Your favour of the 31st Jany came to hand and its
contents has been duly considered, The course you propose for us to
persue relative to the commissioner accords with my opinion intirely
but my extreme bad health I fear will prevent my adopting the course
you have suggested
Permit me to inform you that the success which has crowned
your late efforts on the subject of our land petition has gained you
much applause among the inhabitants of Trinity. But I fear it
will work a great injury to yourself at least, for new favours in the
opinion of the multitude beget new obligations, and as emty
acknowledgments are the only tribute they expect will be exacted for the
important servises you have rendered, you may expect future
aplications in abundence and perhaps I shall be the first to draw on your
benevolence yesterday one of the inhabitants of this vicinage, and
soil [?] set out for the interior on some weighty mission, the object
of which I do not exactly comprehend, not belonging to their cabinet.
I have not been honoured with a sight of their embassage nor
credentials but I expect they will stop at san Filipe and perhaps exhibit
their documents to you. The request I now have to make is this
that should this important personage honour you with a call, that
you receive him with just such marks of distinction as his
occupation his station in life and the importance, or non importance of his
mission merits and no more, and further I would observe we wish the
great favour which the Mexican government has though[t] fit to
bestow upon us in granting us land to be caried into effect without
being contaminated with foul hands, I should not have said any
thing on this subject had it not been for the great industry, intreague
and management with which some petitions of sale has I am
informed, have been goten up and Subscribers obtained