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By this Instrument in writing made at the City
of New York the 23 day of Oct. A.D. 1835 is witnessed that
the undersigned Samuel Swartwout, John S. Bartlett
James W. Webb, Thomas E Davis, John P Austin, Stephen
Sicard
, Walter Mead & James Treat all of the City of New
York Lorenzo De Zavala, Joseph Avenzana and
William Dall of the City of Mexico, and James
Morgan
of Texas having heretofore associated
themselves together for the purchase of land in
Texas upon certain terms in part expressed in
an Instrument, bearing [dates?] the 25th of October
AD. 1834 executed by the three first of the above named
parties, but in which instrument it is expressed
that the terms on which the said association was to
be formed and the objects to be effected thereby should be more
fully set forth in a subsequent writing to be drawn up
and when executed to be substituted in the place of the
former.

And whereas the said association have proceeded and par
tially carried into effect the object had in view as will ap
pear by the record of the proceedings of the association Kept
by their secretary the above named James Treat & the
documents are solutions heretofore submitted to the
association [?] upon by them.

Now in pursuance of the stipulation aforesaid was
a final adjustment of the terms upon which the
affairs of the association are to be henceforth conducted
The parties above named do hereby in the first place
ratify confirm all former acts proceedings by the per
sons heretofore composing the association there a
gent the above named Morgan, in carrying into
effect the said objects.

Second
The business of the association is declared to be the ac-
quiring of title to lands & other property in Texas, by
clearing purchasing or otherwise setling & im-
proving the lands so purchased, the erection of Hotels
Stores, Warehouses, and the making of other
improvements at the places called New

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