Natchitoches 14th Oct 1823
Dr Sir,
I have not complied with the certificate which you gave me when
in Natchitoches last, to settle on your grant of land am in hopes it
will make no great difference if I should come on in two or three
months from this date, by Mr McWilliams I send you a file of news
papers which I have procured on purpose for your perusal, of the
latest elates, we have no news more than you will find in those papers,
I am
J. Cable
To Col. S. F. Austin Brazos