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THE AUSTIN PAPERS.
Dr. Schooner Lively:-in account-cnrrent Nov•. 6 To 2 Bottles whi~lrny____________:___________________________ . To Cash Pnid Smith______:_____________________________:_____ 7. To 1 Bot "'hiskey__________________________________________ " Nails-------------------------------------------------- To Nails----------------------------------------------· ___ '' 2 Bot. Whislccy--~-------------------------------------- " Carriage hire------~----------------------------------- " Market money to Smith and Lewis______________________• " Nails-------------------------------------------------- To 6 lb Small Nail~----------------------------------------- " 50 lb Junk___ •____________ •----------------------------- " ?ff tb okun1_ ___________________________________________ _ '' 1 Bbl. Tar_____ ·------- .-------------------------------- " 3 'b N n i l s _____________________________________________ _ " 2 Hogsheads of Water----------------:------------------- " 1 qt. ,vhisl,ey___________________•_______________________ " 1 q u i r e paper __________________________________________ _ " 2 Tnr Buckets---------------.---------------------------' : " Carriage hire---------------------------~-------------- Paid Potter for Labour S¾ clnrs---:---------------$1..50 _____ _ " Nat Finney ditto 8¾ do ------------------ <lo ------ .•• Charles DaYis ditto 4 do __________________ <lo ______
$0.37½ 2.00 .18¾ .37½ 1.37½ .37½
1.50 5.00
. 37½
, . 75 3.00 . 75 1.00
. 56¼
1.00 • . 25 1:25 ' .50 2.00
13.12½ 13.12½ 6.00
" ,Joseph Wnll,er ditto 7:} clo ------------------ do ------ 10. 87½ · mil of bonrcling_______:_____________________________________ 15. 50 W. Smiths BilL _________ --- -----------------.! ---- --------' Contra Cr. • By Ca~h ·recd .of .Jos. H. Hawkcns E~q•------------------------------ $50. 00 " 1 do do do S. F. Austin _________..,'...____________________________ 40. 00
$64.75
WILLIAM N. HENDERSON TO AusTIN
Opeolusas 1 st November 1821
Mr, AUSTIN Sm
From a New-Orleans Paper I have perused with much sat- isfaction an extract of a Letter from you to a Gentleman in that City and am highly gratified to find that you intend to carry into execu- tion the noble enterprise contemplated by your honoured Father. I would like very much to settle on your Grant for which reason •I will state to you the following particulars I have been used to the Seafaring business for which reason I would prefer settling ns near Mata Gorda as I could get Farming Land after the Port be- came settled I could act either M a pilot, Master of a Coaster (as I would not wish to leave my [family long] at a time) Surveyor or Farmer (the last [preferably] on the whole) I understand SmTey-
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