THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 355 to you Money-to pay your bills and Cloth you as your station in life requires keep up your spirits and hope for the best and make the exertions that is with in your power and I have not a Doubt but all will turn out as you wish your Mother will remain in Her- culaneum and I shall this spring go down the Country in the spring to see your brother and determine what I then shall do. my estate is greatly injured and I shall not save over 15000 dollars after all is settled I loose f6,000 Dollars by the bank of St. Louis its that busi- ness that has so much injured me Know from Mr Holly whether he has wrote Mr Henry Clay in your behalf MosEs AusTIN [Rubric] my stock in the bank of St Louis is not worth a Cent lf-300 is sunk in•Bank stock M. AUSTIN [Addressed:] Mr James E B Austin Nicholas Ville Kentucky
MoSF.S AusTIN ro JAi.rEs E. B. AusTIN
Herculaneum Feb 1 -23 1820
DEAR SoN I have wrote you now for three Mails past and in two of my letters I have enclosed you money-I was in hopes I could have by this mail forward.d you 50 Dollars, but I could not obtain the money I had expected, inclosed I send you 5 Dollars of Nash Ville money I can- not obtain any money but State bank of Kentucky Tennessee and Nashville you must try to get the Nash Ville money exchanged or get some ped.on in Lexington to forward to Nash Ville and send back Kentucky there is no other way to manage-I think I shall get 50 Dollars by next mail-I have heard nothing from '\Vashington City as yet, nor have I heard any thing from your brother lately, but as a Mail is now established that will run every two weeks-I shall hea.r from your brother more constant-I hope you are making exertions in your Studies-as you have but little time to spend at school you must improve Day and Night and use all the care you can to advance yourself everything will depend on yourself whether you advance in the Navy and I sha.11 be gl'eatly disappointed if you do not make good use of your time ·call to mind Daily your Dear Brothers advice and put it in practice let me again impress your mind to keep well with your equals in office and obtain the confidence of your superiours good words and a Courtly Deportment produces wonders towards ad- vancing a young officer. Accept my dear son your fathers affections MosEs AUSTIN [Addressed:] Mr James E. B. Austin Nicholds Ville Kentucky
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