Stephen F. Austin to Captain Dickson, 11-10-1823 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 07-16-2011 Captain Dickson Unknown 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. 707 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 11-10-1823 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

Instructions for surveying.

Dr Sir,

As I expected to return again on Sunday last I did not leave as full directions relative to the labors on the East side of the [torn] [as I should have] done, in fact I was very unwell when I [left and was] only able to set up a few minutes at a time.

I wrote you that I wished the labors on the east side laid of[f] 500 Bars wide and 2000 long, I wish them only laid of[f] in that way ten labors above and ten labors below town, after that lay them off in squares—also lay off a public road opposite the town out to the Prairie 35 bars wide—Also lay off a public road of ten bars wide between every other labor from the River out to the Prairie thus. [Austin here inserted a sketch map] also leave a road of 20 bars wide on the bank of the River

November 10, 1823

Stephen F. Austin [Rubric]

To Capt Dickson Surveyor

My brother will take to Dickson immediately