Stephen F. Austin to James E. B. Austin, 04-23-1823 Stephen F. 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 07-14-2011 James E. B. Austin Queretaro Bexar 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. 631 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 04-23-1823 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

Starting home. Description of Querétaro. "Fryars and clergy are at work to produce a new revolution."

City of Queretaro April 23, 1823.

Dr. Brother,

I drop you a line merely to inform you that I have at length started from Mexico with all my business finished to my complete satisfaction I started on the 18th and am 150 miles on my road- This is a very han[d]some city of about 60,000 inhabitants well built - but surrounded by poor flint hills - I shall expect letters from you in Monterey giving a minute account of everything.

The revolution is complete and the Emperor is to start in a few days for Italy all is quiet but I will not vouch for its being permanent the fryars and clergy are at work to produce a new revolution under the pretext of saving the religion -

I will write from San Luis and Monterey remember me to Dn Erasmo the Baron Governor &c

ESTEVAN

[Addressed:] A. Dn. Santiago Austin Bexar.