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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN TO WILLIAM M. O'HARA 1
Hercum April 7, 1819
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I have rec 4 yours by T Collet-the Power of Attorney given me to sell lots &c is agreeably to your request herewith returned- I should very willingly take the claim of 640 acres for Stock but I have it not to spare- When .I bo1Towed the 150$ :from you I had every assurance that men could give that I should have that, and a much greater amnt before this time-I have been disappointed- I have sent you enclosed a power of Attorney to sell th:ree Shares of Bank Stock-Collet tells me it is worth 85. to go if so, 13 shares will· more than pa.y the 150.$ however raise the 150.$ out of the stock if it takes all th,ree sh,ares I depend on your getting the best price you can for them- I have been greatly disappointed-perplexed and delayed in my arrangements, but Shall be off I think on Sunday- I do not wish you to purchase any more claims on our agreement until! you hear from me after my arrival at Red River,- the ar- rangement with Browne I suppose is only conditional, I shall try to sell some claims for Clark when I a.rrive there and if a prise can be had that will justify I will send up an express My route will be from here to Red River by water, thence im-. medintely after my arrival, to the oucita and Arkansaw by land and through the country as occation may require- I wrote you some time ago by Doctor R. Andrews, proposing to give him a share in our '\Va.shitaw location on certain terms mentioned therein- on this subject you can act as you think proper- if andrews could be ap- pointed deputy Surveyor to lay off our tract.s, it would be much to our advantage- have you heard anything from T. Rector since his return, or any other person, wheither the country at the Little Rock, or on washitaw at the mouth of the Caddo or on Red River at the mouth of Little River has been surveyed, or wheither order of survey can be had for our locations this point is material I would take the 64-0 acres for Stock but my Father wishes to appropriate all the Stock he has to discharge his Bank debt- After I arrive where I can get informa- tion that will be of use to us, you may expect to hear from me very often- .I regret much that it has been out of my power to send the 150.$, but, so it is- I am very much embarrased, as every cent I owe in the Country must be pa.id before I can start- and I have now nearly settled all my affairs- My bank debt will be arranged by my · father who has assured the payment of it, and when I start I shall be able to go nearly quite free the period of my return to this coun- try is some what doubtfull, tho, ·probably in .the fall- however
, Darby collection, Mla&ouri Historical Sodet;r.
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