During the years of her widowhood, Ann Cavett Cavitt had all the family
business to attend to. In 1837 reports from her Tennessee agent, Austin
Miller, came from back home telling of the affairs left in his hands
there.
Mrs. Ann Cavitt
Bolivar, Tennessee Octobor 10, 1837
Nashville, Milan co, Texas
via New Orleans-via Houston, Texas,
Madam: I have received yours of August 4th, informing me that you had
administered on the state of your late husband, and of your intention
of forwarding me a Power of Attorney, etc.
I have collected nearly five hundred Dols. ($500.00) of the claims left
in my hands. I have succeeded in securing $200.00 of the claims against
the Millsaps by getting John Kelly to give his note for it and take the
land Mr. Cavitt sold them. Nothing can be made out of William Giles. He
is drunk when he can get liquor. The place is very much out of repair
and going to distraction. I have tried to get some person to take the
contract but no one will do so. Giles is willing to give up the land for
his notes, but I am not authorized to surrender them. If it were mine I
would do this for the longer he stays there the worse it will be.
George Ware has become insolvent. He is still living in the house, but
has not paid no dollar of rent. Neither is he willing nor able to do
so. Authorize me to act for you and for the heirs of Andrew Cavitt in
renting the landed estate and I will turn him out and try to get a
better tenant.
Some of the other claims will be hard to collect, though I think as many
of them will be collected as might be expected, when it is recalled that
they are the remainder of such debts as could not be collected before
you left this country.
Mr. Cavitt had three (3 ) contracts that he had made with the Indians
for land in the nation there. He sold to Col. James H. Murry upon
condition that the contracts provved good and Murray for the land. Col.
Murry informed me that he was unable to get either of the contracts and
the Indians have sold to other persons.
I have Isaac (a slave) here at work (that is when he is able.) He hurt
himself last week lifting a log and has complained ever since of a pain
in his side, I think he will be well within a short time. I do not think
he will leave his wife and children, if he can help it. He is a keen
artful fellow, so much so that Major Ramsey preferred selling him and
buying another negro with the same money, and I think you had better do
the same
thing. Were you ever to get him to Texas he would run away with the
first scoundrel who could agree to bring him back to this country.
Times are very hard here. A great many are leaving this country for
Texas. Money is scarcer than it has been for many years. A good many
people who were thought to be good when you left here have failed and
others have run away. We have a fine corn crop in this country this
year and have a pretty good prospect for cotton, though it has been
rather too wet for a good crop.
We have not had any frost so far this fall. The weather is still warm
and there is not much prospect at present of any change.
Very respectfully,
Austin Miller
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