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AMER.ICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
MosES AUSTIN TO JAMES BRYAN
DEAR SoN Inclosed you have Notices which I recd yesterday
I have your Boat now in a Situation that when the river falls a little she will be ready to under go any reparees you may wish to make to hir- . You Mother and myself think of starting to the mines on Sunday If we can I am Respectfully Yours
MosEs AusTIN
Hercule.nm July 24 1818 [Addressed:] M• James Bryan Hazel Cottage
NEW ~llDRID LAND CERTIFIOATE 1
N°· 431
Office of the Recorder of Land titles St Louis August 28. 1818 I certify that a tract of two hundred and forty arpens of Land, bayou St Thomas, in the county of New Madrid which appears from the Books of that Office to be owned by Francis B Covoner under Jesse Thompson has been materially injured by Earthquakes and that in conformity to the provisions of the Act of Congress of 17 Feb 1 1815 the said Francis Covoner or his legal representatives is entitled to locate two hundred and forty arpens of Land on any of the public Ls.nds of the territory of Missouri, the sale of which is authorized by Law Com• Cert N°· 683 FREDERICK BATES
JOHN FITZPATRICK TO MosES AUSTIN
M• MoSEs A usTIN D• Sir Please to let P Roberts have 1 Bushel Salt this is the last order until I become a Citizen of Herculaneum. JOHN FITZPATRICK Mr. Horace Austin Please to send Beeves Paper Augt 311818 Mr. Moses Austin Herculaneum
• Original In pollsesllion of Mn. Emmett L. Perr,,
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