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2 of Mexico imprisoned as felons laden with chains, obliged to work in the streets of that capital & other places, produced in Santana & his [?] so exhilirating an effect that Mexican bombast was not long in declaring itself ready to annoy at least the Texan frontier. (appendix II)

  Early in 1842 Mr Wm Kennedy author of "The [?] progress & Prospects"   paid Texas a second visit, to purchase lands.  The Govt conferred upon this gentleman the consul Generalship to Great Britain, & at the same time allotted him grants of land upon certain conditions (see Appendix III) to the S & W of San Antonio, upon the Rivers Frio, Leon & down to the Nauces, taken in grants upon the Rio Grande.
  The same sort of grants were made to M. Wm Castro with the Texan Consul Generals [?] to France. *   Messrs Kenedy & Castro returned to Europe to attend to these matters & who could thus intrust themselves to provide useful & hospitable colonists.

• [?] offer his appointment certain circumstances connect with M. Castro prompted M. Saligny to request his Govt not to grant M. C. His [?] & moreover he was removed from the

Consulship for France.