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THE AUSTIN PAPERS.
STEPHEN F AUSTIN TO JAM:Et:! BRYAN t
St Louis Dec 31 1818
DR BROTHER. . Col. •Hammond has made· a contract with a man for a New Madred claim but you must pay Six hundred Doll• of the money in order to do which you must send up your note as quick as possible to have it discounted have it endorced at the Mines nnd I will endorce it here Gibson has given Hammond instructions how to locate the claim So that as soon as it is procured all you have to do is to send for the Negros... I hope you will come up with Emily Flower is high also whiskey- ..•. any hopes of getting clear of Debtr-when the day arrives that the whole family are out of Debt I mean to celibmte it as my wedding day-which never will come untill then Love to Emily Mrs Carr is getting well • s. F. AUSTIN [Addressed :] James Bryan Esqr. Potosi v,.r ashington County
NOTE OF HAND
I promise to pay :Moses ·Austin the sum of twenty seven Dollars Rncl seventy five cents, in Cash on or before the third Monday of March next. January the 7 th 1819-that is in case I get seventy four Bushels of corn from Samuel P. Brown on account of iVfr Austin's order which he has given me for the same. J No 8. BRICKEY [Moses Austin's endorsement:] Received on this Note forty five bushels of Corn @ 37-½ Cents
ORDER FOR CLOSE CoNJ,'INEMENT .
l'opia ala letra de la om. del Gov 0 r. El Comte. de la Guardia principal no permitira q"· persona alguna. hable con el reo, D. Jose Maria de Cardenas, ni aun pr las Bentan.as, ni·sn Padre, ni su muger, ni ninguno otro podra entrar en el quarto donde esta presso; La·comida se la metera un soldado de la misma Guardia, y al centinela se le hara particular encargo de que no le per- mita hablar con nadie: 'El comandante de la Guardia sera responsable con su pe.rsona y Empleo del puntual cumplimiento de es;;tn. orden la q•· se fijara en el Cuerpo de Guardia y el Saliente la entregara y hara Cargo de ella al entrante. ' Mone&· [Monclova] 22. de En°· de 1819. MANUEL PARDO -
• Original in posaesslon ot Mrs. Emmett L. Perry. .
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