Whereas Sylvanus Castleman has this day given a power of
attorney to Henry Elliott of St Genivieve Missouri to sell a lot of land
in the common field of said Town—Now I do hereby agree to take
the said lot of ground as a full compensation for surveying said
castlemans land in Austin's Colony in the Province of Texas and
for getting the title to said land, hereby giving him a receipt in
full for all fees on said land—provided that if the title to said land
be defective or incumbered this contract is to be void
Austin's Colony March 1. 1822
Stephen F. Austin [Rubric]