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THE AUSTIN PA.PERS.
. RECEIPr FOR p A YMENT OF DEBT
vVhereas Sylvanus Gastleman has this day given a power of attor- ney to Henry Elliott of St Genivieve Missouri to sell a lot of land in the common field of saicl Town-Now I do hereby agree to take the said lot of ·ground as a full ·compensation for surveying said ·castlemans land in Austin's Colony in the Province of Texas and for getting the' title to said: land: hereby giving kim a receipt in full for all fees on said land-=-provided that if the title to said land be defective or incumbered this contract is to be void Austin's Colony .March 1. 1822 :STEPHEN F. AusTIN [Rubric]
JAMES BRYAN TO AUSTIN
Herculaneum March 4th 1822
BnoTHER STEPHEN Sir I have just ar:riv~d here and find M~Andrews on the eave of departure ·and he is bound for the Colorado, Province of Texas and I have only time to say to you we are all in tolerable health at pres- ent, and full of.' anxiety to hear from you and James, we have not had ·any letters from you since you left Nachacdosh, I have seen Majr Calloway he is much pleased with the Country and prospects he told me that twenty Families would move from His settlement. I can assure you that a great Number of Families will move from this State, and from other States. I have no doubt that the Colony will be filed ~p ii1_twelve Months r will forward you some Pro- visions and some other articles shortly,' would off sent on by An- clrews if I ha~ been apprised of the time of his departure I am mak- ing my arrangements for to Move. in all the Month of October I expect to Start if all does well here and with you-I have enclosed to Hawkins a Note.on Epedian.V. B[mutilated] for $500, and re- quested him to make •the ·collecti~n and placed it to your Credit, and I have also, •sold to Tho• Eads a number of .Articles to the amot of $1000; make payable to you one half in six Months the other half in twel"."e Months payable in New Orleans, and I will make some other arrangements in your favour and will take it in, Land and impr~vements from you in Texas-Majr Callow[ay] Stated to me that there was a fine Grove of pine on the Colorado and a Bank of Stone Coal I wish you to have the best Mill Seat selected in the Colony for IQ.e, where there is good timber etc-I have made ar- rangements with Parmer t~ go on and .improve it-he will Start
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