Stephen F. Austin to Francis Bigham, 11-17-1823 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 Francis Bigham 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. 708 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 11-17-1823 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

Receipt for $1,291.80, to be applied toward payment for land.

Received November 17, 1823 of Francis Bigham Twelve hundred and Ninety one Dollars and Eighty cents for which I hereby obligate myself to make him Said Bigham complete titles for land in my new Colony in the Province of Texas at the rate of twelve Dollars and fifty cents pr hundred acres, which land must be actually inhabited and cultivated within two years from this date

Witness my hand the day and date above written—

Stephen F. Austin [Rubric]

Recd payment for the above receipt in full October 20, 1825

Fras Bigham