Dr. Sir Your esteemed favour of Nov 1st has come to hand, It
gives me great pleasure to find that you are so faithfull to your
promise of detailing the various affairs of our adopted country—
Such is the difficulty in winding up a ten years unsettled business that
it will be impossible for me to leave the United States beforeSeptember next I allso will have to make a trip to Virginia for the
purpose of adding to my stock of Slaves which will take up so much
of my time that I cannot Start sooner than the period mentioned
You may look with a great deal of certainty for many of your old
acquaintances in Texas next Spring the Spirit for emigration to
that Country is very great and thousands would go but for the
terrors of a Mexican government these idle fears I have endeavored
as much as possible to allay and I belive with much success except
with some of the more timid. You mentioned in your last letter
that you belived Mexican grants of Eleven leagues could be procured
for a reasonable sum if so you will perceve by the enclosed proposition
that Mr Edward Hanrick George Whitman and myself are
disposed to procure some of them the Selections of which will be left
entirely to your own discretion and should you be disposed to take
up with the proposition I feel satisfied that we will be well pleased
with your selections In consequence of the disturbances in Texas
the Messrs Prichards have declined their journey untill another year
Mr Beard and Thompson have started to Texas and no doubt will
arrive ere this
The Political news of the United States is that Jackson has been
re-ellected President by an overwhelming majority— South
Carolina has nullified the Tariff acts; which is to take place in February
next, provided Congress does not abandon the protection system by
that time and in case of any interference on the part of the united
states to enforce the laws She has declared her determination to
Secede we expect stormy times in the United States, perhaps
civil war which God avert Your brother Michael Williamson died
a few weeks ago and Col Peacock has taken home his widow and
children—