1596
AMERICAN msTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
Recd the above articles amounting to ninety nine dollars and sixty seven and a half cents for the use of the expedition to Nncogdoches and for payment of which, to J.E. Groce, I am responsible Jany. 30. 1827 STEPHEN F. AusTIN [Rubric] Col. Austin Dr. to Ben 4$ for Deer skins, June 27th 1827. The above a/c Cr. by 40 lbs of sugar at .25 cts. and 30 lbs of Coffee at 50 cts.-amounting to $25- 1827 S. F. Austin-To J. E. Groce Dr. To-2 Bbs. of meal-when curried to town Beef-meal-and corn______ $2. 00 " 6 Bhs-of meal-for Brunson-a part of which, for Battle_______ 6. 00
$8.00
June 1828 Cr. by one wuggon $80. Col. Stephen F. Austin's accounpt.
80 25
99. 67 8.00
107.67 105.00
105.
due J.E. G.
$2. 67
The a/c of 99.67 was for provisions which I furnished the men on the Nacogdoches trip. the $4 for deer skins was for the same trip. the skins were used for bags to secure the Amunition for the Cannon, also I lost on that trip the cannon which was my privat property brought from Missouri, and also my expenses and my brothers amd to $350. cash and 4 months absence from home for all of which I never recd. one cent-
s. F. AusTIN
JARED E. GROCE TO SAUCEDO
The Chief of Department
Citizen Jared E. Groce an inhabitant of Austins Colony in this Department before you with all due respect and as maybe due in right represent[s1 that in the month of may last year lhe had] a law suit with a man of this Colony named Imla Keep an<l as from .... his belief thinks he bas been injured by the Judgement [ren- dered by the] Judicial Tribunal he being sentenced to pay a Con- siderable amt o:f money as also to deliver to said Keep thrE!e Negroes which t.he said Keep had delivered to your petitioner in Considera- tion of money which he owed your petitioner. Besides this your petitioner has a very important ·witness who was then in the United States of the North and when I Could not procure in time for tho
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