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Mr Bollaert. Private journal. Entries for Texas 1842. Friday June 16th. A grant of land in the vicinity of Kennedy & Castro's grant has been made by the Texas Govt to Mssrs Ducent & Burgiou upon same terms as to K & C for the introduction of 1700 Emigrants of 3 ̶4̶ ̶ million Acres a little more of 223 leagues / 4473 acres L/- that Mssrs Ducent & Burgiou at N. Orleans [?] of Gen Millian FG on their way to France to prepare for the immigrants - near that ___ Mr Gifford was here ___ ___ "Amanda"___ [ male guardian ]. Mr Power tells me he is about ___ ___ ___ [ in kind ]

& in concert with Mr Castro. [ Recipients of sums ] principally British Barque "Funchal" arrived with a few settlers - other of them from Brytton acquainted with  ___ (____ /

Early this [?] after Briggs was passing a house - when he found a ruffian of a fellow beating his wife - the poor woman requested him to go to the Sheriff & acquaint him of the brutal usage - at this moment the husband ran at Mr B with a knife ripped open the Skin of the Belly - but did no further harm Dr Gardner dressed Briggs wound - when B went out and shot the fellow dead - then he lay for some