Elias Bates to Moses Austin, 09-10-1815 Elias Bates Project Director and Editor Andrew J. Torget Creation of XML version Debbie Liles Initial TEI Formatting Stephen Mues Programmatic and Manual TEI P5 Compliance Ben W. Brumfield Digital Stephen F. Austin Papers 07-02-2011 Moses Austin Herculaneum, MO Burton Mine, MO Eugene Barker, ed., Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1919: The Austin Papers, (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924), 3 vols., Vol 1, Part 1, pp. 252 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 09-10-1815 Programmatic restructuring and manual clean-up to comply with TEI P5 2.3.0 Restructured to meet TEI P5 standards Digital creation of XML file

Commerce.

Herculaneum Septr—10th 1815

Dear Sir

Messrs Murphy and Heartgrove have Delevd Murphy 60 Barrs 2469lb Heartgrove 77 Barrs—3208lb—also the Barrells which I shall attend to—Mr Bryant Says that you may have what Leather you want for hides; Sole leather 33 1/3 Cents Upper leathers from 250 to 4 Dollars per Side—you may send the hides when they get dry and as soon as possable I shall not sell any of your Lead that is not allready Disposed of untill I here from you—please to inform me what is the price of Lead at St Genevieve. Mr Ellis has sent you 3 Barrels Cyder they Contain 40 Gall Each and wishes you to Sell them and reserve the Barrels if you can and send them in

E Bates [Rubric]

Mr Horace Austin has sent you a Barrel of Apples which you will receive by Murphy

E Bates

Recevd of Elias Bates for Acct of Moses Austin Three Dollars

Herculaneum Sept 10th—1815

Francis (his x mark) Murphy

[Addressed:] Mr Moses Austin Mine A Burton