Samuel S. Pearson to Stephen F. Austin, 01-20-1823 Samuel S. Pearson 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 07-14-2011 Stephen F. Austin Mexico Unknown 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. 572 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 01-20-1823 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

Expert shipbuilder and mechanic. Wants to settle in Texas.

I Samuel S Pearson of the United States

Wishing to become a settler of the Province of Texas, makes the following proposition, that it is my wish to settle at or near the mouth of the river Colorado or Brases on land taken up by Stephen Austin Esq. I being perfectly acquainted with Ship Building in alt its various Branches and can likewise put up the machinry that is necessary for driving Cotton Ginns and other Carpenter work etc. It being understood that it is my wish to settle in the first settlement that shall be built at or near the mouths of one of those Rivers (and that I shall have one League Square of land on one of those Rivers as near the mouth as possible) for the purpose of carrying on my Business

Mexico Jany 20th 1823

Saml S Pearson