Elias Bates to Stephen F. Austin, 09-15-1815 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 Stephen F. 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. 253 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 09-15-1815 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

Lead and commerce.

Herculaneum Septr 15—1815

Dear Stephen

I receivd your pr mail and Notice the Contents I will give 6.50 for all the lead you have to sell at preasant you have not Acknowledgd my last letter I wish an answer: perhaps if you delay it to long I May Engage in some Other Business—this liveing in Suspence Continually is not very agreeable I wish to Engage in something that will bee perminant that I may furnish myself with a house—that will not Drowned me every time it raines—and as to Building I shall not think of in the Unsetled Situation I am in at preasant

There [are] great exertions made to draw all the lead from this place to the New Town above—

I have furnished the Shott for Catron upon your letter by him to me Say $200 doll worth I hope You will Send Me the lead to replace what I have Made use of to make the Shott you mentioned in a few days pray do not let the few days bee too long for it may be a greate Injury to me If I am disappointed

Your Affec friend and Coz

Elias Bates [Rubric.]

[Addressed:] Mr Stephen F Austin Mine A Burton