The Austin Papers, Vol. 1 Pt. 2

1741

THE. AUSTIN PAPERS,

Moses Austin to James Bryan, October 20, 1814. Purchase of salt. Rufus Easton to Moses Austin, November 18, 1814. Asks for detailed report on lend mining and smelting to guide him in preparing legislation for Congress. _Banking and confusion of the currency. Moses Austin to James . Bryan, November 25, 1814. Lead, negroes, and supplies. Elins Bates to Moses Austin, December 12, 1814. Lead and other business. Bill and price list, December 23, 1814. Stephen F. Austin in account with G. W. and W. H. Whitaker. Isaac L. Baket· to Stephen F. Austin, New Orleans, January 5, 1815. Battles. :Moses Austin to James Bryan, January 6, 1815. Disappointed in quantity of pork. Only 3,000 or 4,000. Moses Austin to John S. Brickley, February 22, 1815. Memorandum concern- ing provisions for negroes. Furnace regulations. Stephen F. Austin to Moses Austin, March 25, 1815. Trade. Elias Bates to Moses Austin, September 8, 1815. Elias Bates to Moses Austin, September 10, 1815. Commerce. Elias Bates to Stephen F. Austin, September 15, 1815. Lend and commerce. John Rice Jones to Stephen F. Austin, October 1, 1815. Order. Bill and price list, October 16, 1815. Stephen F. Austin to Christian Wilt. Moses Austin to James Bryan, January 22, 1816. Gene1·al sickness. Meas- ures of Federal Government to remove settlers on public land will ruin terri- tory. Moses Austin to James Bryan, January 31 [181G?]. General business. John Scott. Announcement of political platform In candidacy for Congress, March 22, 1816. Opening of Salines and lead mines to private purchase; abandonment of Government trading houses among Indians and opening of trade to individuals; exclusion of British traders; encouragement of immi- gration by reduction of price of lnud or by reduction of the minimum quantity purchasable; relief for ousted settlers. , Court decree ordering survey of boundary of Washington and St. Louis Counties, July 17, 1816. Return of the survey by John Hawkins, August 17, 1816. Moses Austin to Mrs. Emily Bryan, October 12, 1816. Sending a slave girl Concerning bank stock. Bill and price list, November 25, 1816. Stephen F. Austin in account with Benjamin Elliott. Biographical. Stephen F. Austin in account with S. Perry & Co. December 9, 1816. Trade In Iron. Stephen F. Austin to James Perry [1816?]. Moses Austin to Stephen F. Austin [December, 1816?]. Price list. Documents in Missouri legislative history, 1816-1818: (1) Memorandum by Moses Austin for reorgani:1.ntlon of the Bnnlc of St. Louis [December, 1810?]. (2) Notes by Stephen F. Aust!~ for speech agninst chartering of the Bank of Missouri [January, 1817?]. (3) Bill by Stephen F. Austin for subserlption to stock of a territorial bank and for raising funds by a lottery. (4) Protest against action of legish1ti,e council in passing the charter of the Bnnk of Missouri. (5) Bill by Stephen F. Austin to establish a lottery to raise funds for construction of roads [1817-18?]. (6) Bill authorizing acceptance of the notes of the Bank of St. Louis in payment of dues to the territory (1817- 18 ?) (7) Bill to prohibit issuing and circulating of unauthorized bank paper [1817-18?]. (8) Memorial to Congress urging extension of protection to lead, and the appropriation of revenue from lead mines to establishment and maintenance of an academy [1817-18?]. (9) Amendment to Judiciary Bill

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