Moses Austin to James Bryan, 02-03-1820 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 07-08-2011 James Bryan Unknown Hazel Run 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. 354 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 02-03-1820 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

Concerning settlement of his debts.

Dear Son

Doct Cunningham returned yesterday from St Louis—-and brought me word from Mr Petti bone that he would be down in a day or two when he expected he would have it in his power to make a proposition that would embrace a settlement of all my Debts and leave me the property in Herculaneum and leave me a few thousand dollars to live on. this arrangement he is making for the sale of my—-Mine a Burton estate—leave me the (640) acres—all my movable Property at the mines my Blacksmith shop and lotts at the mines 12 lotts in this place with all my improvements [undecipherable] what Household Goods I have at this place and something more I shall know in a day or two how this business will Close At the same time, if you can do anything you had better make arrangements to meet any disappointments, but I will lett you know what is the determination

I am your aff Father

Moses Austin [Rubric]

Give my love to Emily & kiss the children for me.

Febr 3 1820

[Addressed:] Mr James Bryan Hazel Run