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XHE AUSTIN FA.PERS.
1819 March 29
hire of Richmond and Damond 3 months at Saline 18_____ 108. 00 p 11 Nat. a boatman for you 25 also Gordons time and ex:- pences in attending to your business____________________ 50. 00
4490.50 Tripp and Andrews-31 (other page)____________________ 35. 00
4525.00 besides thjs % there is an % on my old black Smith books at the Mines and sundry other credits and also J. Bryan engaged to pay G. 'l'ennelle 7400 for the new Madrid claims I sold to said Bryan.
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN TO WILLIAM M. O'liARA. 1
DR Sm. Potosi March 10, 1819 This will be handed to you by my Friend Doctor Robert Andrews, with whom I have made an arrangement (subject to your confirma- tion), which I think will be for the mutual advantage of us all. Doctr-Andrews had it [in] contemplation to locate a place with ir four miles of our Ouchitaw location on the Caddo River where he in- tended to lay off a Town, but declined it after we made ours altho he thinks that a Town might be layed off there to advantage,-a Town there would certainly interfere some with ours-I have therefore agreed to let him become interested in our OuchitGIW location one Eighth by his paying that porportion of the cost of the claim in twelve months- and also in consideration of his agreeing to go immediately down to that country (with authority from Gen 1 Rector to survey the clajms if he will give it) and to survey all our locations, lay off the Town at the Little Rock, at the Ouchitaw and on Red River he is fully competent to this business and it will be some object for us to have our Towns in Market immediately-the contract I have made is to let him be interested one Eighth in our Ouchitaw location as above stated-give him two lots if he draws, or one if he chooses it, in the Litt7,e Rock Town- this contract however is subject to your sanction, or rejectjon, as I think if he becomes interested, we aught both to relinquish a part as it will be for our joint benefit-if you approve of the arrangement therefor you can take his note for the Money and give a Bond in our joint names, for the title. Make every exertion to get an order of survey and to get Andrews appointed the Su1·veyo1.__but do not let it be known that he is inter- ested in the location, s. F. AUSTIN [Addressed:] Mr. "\Villiam M. O'hara St. Louis.
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