Peach Point Near Brazoria Texas
Jany 15th 1835
Messrs. Lastraps and Desmare [New Orleans]
Gentlen
Your Favour of 28th Nov enclosing bills of articles shipd- pr Schooner
Helin Mar, was duely recieved and you have no doubt been informed of the
fate of that vessel, the vessel and cargo was all most a total loss, the
greater part of the Goods which came to shore was stolen the articles sent
to me were all lost I beleave except 11 BB1 Flour and 1 do Mackeral. A
Mr. Andrews will inform you more particularly; who will forward you
the necessary vouchers to recover the insurance I hope they were inshured.
having but lately commenced opening a farm I had put Little land in
cotton last season and the worm distroyed the greater part of that Little
as well as all the cotton in my emedeate neigbourhood. there was scarce
one third of a crop made. It was my intention to have shiped you what
Little I made but on enquiry I found unless the dueties amounted to 200$
the money would have to be paid to the collector: I concluded it would
be more trouble to you than proffit and I got one of my neighbours to
ship it with his crop it went up in the S[chooner] Brazoria and sold for
16c. It was some disapointment the loss of the articles you sent me. but
I hope you will recover the inshurance on them. The cotton crops in this
county was verry fine with the Exception of some 5 or 6 plan[ta]tions in
my neighbourhood which was destroyed by the worm since last march
we have generally and verry fine wether the fall and winter so
far has been verry much pleasant and dry. Mr. Somervell returned
from New York in the San Felepe in nov. but I am sorry to say that he
has not got near all his goods to San Felepe yet. he might have got them
up in the steapi[boat] Cayuga which went up but his partner was not
willing to risk it. The boat however got up without any accident he tarryed
at least one month too long in New York for his benefit please inform me
whether you have recovered the inshurance on the Empress also the lost
on the Helin Mar
J F Perry [Rubric]