Moses Austin to James Bryan, 06-30-1817 Moses Austin 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 James Bryan Herculaneum, MO Hazel Cottage, 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. 316 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 06-30-1817 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

Lumber, corn.

Herculanium June 30 1817

Dear Son

Mr Murphey visits your mill for a-load of Plank- also Mr Brown they say that you give-15 Dollars pr thousand and find the Waggon I have agreed to pay what ever you have given others Which I will thank you to write me Mr Evens says he has the Plank for-me selected and by them Selves except 3/4 which he says he did not measure, as many as is wanted for shelving you will please load the Waggons with a load say 1000 feet flooring and a 1000 feet 3/4 which will be as much as will-make a finish of my House. If you have-any- plank to hawl Mr Murphey-or-Mr Brown will continue hawling as long as you please can you lette them have a few bushels of Corn to bring them back— I leave this For St Loues this day and hope I may bring you back the money for your Note in-Bank-I shall try so to [do]—James E B Austin is mending fast and I think will be in a situation to Visit You next week in compeaney with your Mother and Myself—but not untill after 4 July—

Moses Austin

N B I wish one of the wagons to load with 3/4 plank for shelving the store, love to Emely and my Dear Boy

MA

[Addressed:] Mr James Bryan Hazel Cottage