To all to whom these Presents shall come or may concern, We,

LORENZO DE ZAVALA, a native citizen of the Republic of Mexico, at present in the City of New-York, Esquire, JOSEPH VEHLEIN, resident in the said City of Mexico, merchant, and DAVID G. BURNET, of Nacogdoches, in the State of Coahuila and Texas, but at present in the City of New-York, Esquire, send greeting: **Whereas** the Government of the Mexican State of Coahuila and Texas, with the previous consent and approbation of the Supreme Government of the United Mexican States, on the twelfth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, allowed the petition of the said LORENZO DE ZAVALA to colonize a certain tract of land therein described, with five hundred families, and admitted the said LORENZO DE ZAVALA to become the Empresario therefor, under the terms and conditions in said grant contained, and subject to the requirements of the laws providing for, and regulating the colonization of lands lying within the limits of the said State, and for that purpose granted him a tract of land included within the boundaries hereinafter contained; **And whereas** the said government had previously, and on the twenty-first day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, allowed the petition of JOSEPH VEHLEIN and Company, to colonize a certain other tract of land with three hundred families, and admitted them to become Empresarios therefor, under the like terms and conditions, and for that purpose granted them a tract of land also included within the said boundaries hereinafter contained: **And whereas** JOHN LUCIUS WOODBURY, who was in company with the said JOSEPH VEHLEIN, in making the two applications last abovementioned, has since died, before their said contracts were in any part performed, whereby the execution thereof has devolved upon the surviving partner, the said JOSEPH VEHLEIN: **And whereas** the said Government, on the twenty-second day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, admitted the petition of the said DAVID G. BURNET, to colonize a certain other tract of land with three hundred families, and allowed him to become Empresario therefor, under the like terms and conditions, and for that purpose granted him a tract of land, also included within the said boundaries hereinafter contained—which four several tracts of land are now united in one common interest, and placed under the direction and management of ANTHONY DEY, of the City of New-York, Attorney at Law, WILLIAM H. SUMNER, of the City of Boston, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Esquire, and GEORGE CURTIS, of the said City of New-York, Attorney at Law, as the attorneys and trustees of the said Empresarios, for the purpose of fulfilling their contracts with the said government, according to the terms of such grants, and which four tracts of land comprehend all the land, not settled according to law and the terms of said grants, lying within the following limits, (except the Town of Nacogdoches: "Beginning at the westerly boundary of the United States of America on the Gulf of Mexico; thence running northerly on the westerly side of the Sabine river, to the road leading from Natchitoches to Nacogdoches; thence running westerly along said road a distance of twenty Spanish leagues from the boundary line to the suburbs or vicinity of Nacogdoches; thence proceeding from said town of Nacogdoches northwardly a distance of fifteen Spanish leagues, where, leaving free on one side the twenty boundary leagues, in a parallel with the river Sabine and the dividing line of the United States of the north, shall be placed a landmark, and from which a right line shall be drawn to the west until it strikes the rivulet named Navasoto; from thence the line shall descend upon the left margin of the said rivulet, following its course until it meets the road leading from Bexar to Nacogdoches; thence running along said road till it comes to a point thereon lying due north of the source of the waters of the rivulet St. Jacinto; thence running due south to the source of the water of the said river; thence it shall follow the left bank of the St. Jacinto to Galveston bay; thence by the westerly side of said bay to the Gulf of Mexico, excluding the Island of St. Louis, and thence by the said Gulf of Mexico to the place of beginning: "

**Now know us, That we, the said LORENZO DE ZAVALA, JOSEPH VEHLEIN, and DAVID G. BURNET, for the purpose of carrying into full effect the said several contracts, and performing all the duties and obligations which we, the said Empresarios, are bound to perform, pursuant to the terms of the said grants and the laws of the Supreme Government of the United Mexican States, and of the State of Coahuila and Texas in that behalf, HAVE, and each of us HATH, made, constituted, and appointed, and by these presents we Do, and each of us DOTH, make, constitute, and appoint, the said ANTHONY DEY, WILLIAM H. SUMNER, and GEORGE CURTIS, or any two of them, and the survivors and survivor of them, the true and lawful ATTORNEYS and ATTORNEY IRREVOCABLE of us and each of us; with full power and authority to cause the said lands, included within the abovementioned boundaries, or any part thereof, to be surveyed and laid out in labors, sitios, and such other tracts or denominations as are required or allowed by the colonization laws of the United Mexican States, and of the said State of Coahuila and Texas; to select suitable sites for, and found towns, as required by said laws; to introduce into and settle upon the said lands, above described, the number of families by the said above mentioned contracts and laws required or authorized: and thereupon, in our or either of our names, or otherwise, to receive from the commissioner of the government the title for all lands to which we, or either of us, shall or may, by the settlement of such families, become entitled; and such lands to hold or to sell and dispose of, as our said attorneys or attorney may deem expedient; likewise, an attorney or attorneys under them, to make and substitute, and again at pleasure to revoke; hereby giving and granting unto our said attorneys and attorney,