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THE AUSTIN PAPERS
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Iiams by Aguirrie. Of these tracts one was sold lo Mr. St John by Wil- _liams with my consent. One was sold to John Austin without niy consent and one still belongs to me·and was located by me on the east side of Colo- rado at the foot of the mountains surveyed by Fernando Rodriguiz which I paid him for and left with Williams. All these things will be fairly stated and settled by Williams, I have no doubt. I wish you to attend to it all an.cl all my business as well as you can, but not to involve yourself in any way in any of my affairs. I gave Austin Bryan a note on James H. Bell (I think that is his name) for fifteen cows and calves to be delivered at his home nearly opposite San Felipe on the 15 April next. Drive them to Chocolate. I indorced the note to be credited in my a/c for money ad- vanced by you for me when in mexico. I wish the title for the land belonging to.me that is in my brothers name which I purchased from others, transfered to me by order of court, as soon as it can be done My part of the malagorda tract is one of them, which I got from Whiteman [Wightman] by exchanging "other land for it I wish to adopt Stephen F. (my brothers son) and that he should be delivered up to me, to be dealt by as my OWJ"\ son. I wish you to make titles in my name for the Brasoria lots that have been sold. Dec.r 17. 1835 S. F. AUSTIN As regards the upper colony-I have never yet rec'd. one cent. I have had no:hing to do with it. My name has been used for the benifit of others _and I have rec'd. all the abuse and calumny. Williams knows all about it. s. F. AUSTIN
AusTIN's MEMORANDUM CONCERNING His BROTHER'S EsTATE 1
To ]AMES F. PERRY- MEMORANDUM AS TO J.B. AUSTIN'S ESTATE ETC.
All the funds furnished by J.B.A. when he entered into partnership with John Austin were furnished by me, and I am now bol!nd for a claim of upwards of eleven hundred dollars to the estate of John Austin. In the settlement John Austin assumed all the debts due by the estate. There is a debt of the firm still unpaid due I think to Collins. I lost about five thou- sand dollars which I advanced to my brother in various ways at various times for that business for after my brothers death John's account against J.B. Austin brought him largely in debt. I think about Eleven hundred dollars which I promised to pay. The land that is deeded to my brother purchased from individuals, be- longs to me, and the deeds were taken in his name because -at that time there 1 From a photostat copy. The original is owned ·by Judge Norman G. Kittrell, Houston, Texas.
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