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 ANSWER TO INTERROGATORIES.

1:—What is your name, age, residence and nativity; and if you state that you now live in Mason county, Texas, then state how long you have lived there and how long have you been in Texas?

1:—My name is John O. Meusebach, as naturalized in Texas in 1845. Became a citizen of the United States by annexation. My age is 81½ years; residence Loyal Valley, Mason county, Texas. Nativity, kingdom of Prussia. Lived in Loyal Valley since 1869, and in Texas since 1845. Since 1869 I have been ruined three times by elementary forces, by water, tornado, and fire; three times by accidents, by breaking left foot, right arm, and by rupture, and a periodical swelling of feet makes it impossible for me to leave my house or room since about two years. I mention these personalities in order to explain why I cannot hunt up testimony or documents outside of my house, nor trust to my memory with absolute certainty as to facts and events which happened nearly half a century ago. Still I base my answer to interrogatories mostly on such printed or other documents, which I consider official, so far as I could get hold of them. If incomplete, the fault must be ascribed to circumstances, if incorrect, the authors are responsible.

2:—Do you know anything about the German Emigration Company? If yes, state all you know about its origin, its existence, and its connections with Fisher's and Miller's Colony.