THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 721 and Disposition you have so opinley shown me. I want 2 mules to Gow to my brother and from thence to my Goods and If I doo not rec 0 2 mules from you I shall be unable to Gow untill my brother Can send me mules or horses but If it is in your power to comply with my request I shall not forget the assistance you will be so Good if in you power to send them by Capt. Rooker the marks of them I am without news at this moment. Capt- R. will Give you all. 1',fr Little will [be] nt you house in a few Days-a foot he wishes to Get work at the Carpenter busness he will give you a scetch of my lost • _P.T.Dnnnn NB Sr. I:f you cannot lend me 2 two mules send me one one [is] sufficent to carry me to my brother Dn.nnTT [Addressed:] ~Ir. S. F. Austin in los Brassos Capt- Rooker NB Give my best respects to J Austin and brother
PHILIP T. DI:r.lMITr TO AusmN
Bexar 4 th January 1824 this 4 Day o:f January 1824 I doo empower Stept F Austin to take in possession 11 mules with those marks [mark inserted] 10 mules marked thus [mark inserted] one Horse mule marked thus [mark inserted] and five Head of Horses marked As the Ten mules the eleven mules being stold or straid and five head of Horses this Given under my Hand, as a Power, attorney to empower Mr Austin to take or sease any mules or Horses with the above marks witness my [hand] this 4th day January 1824 P.T.DnnuTr
AUSTIN TO JOSIAH H. BELL
St Felipe Jany 8 '24
DR Sm, I wrote you a :few lines in a letter to my brother informing you how your building place could be secured i:f you still wish for the one you first picked out-on the subject you need not apprehend any kind of difficulty as there will be none- Carter tells me you intend to plough up the Prairie and plant this season-this is a very bad plan tho. you may think yonrsel:f a better farmer than I am, and more capable o:f giving me advice- but should cut clown peach land in preferance to planting Prairie l O acres of peach land will produce more than 20 of Prai~·ie be•
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