Sylvanus Castleman to Stephen F. Austin, 04-12-1824 Sylvanus Castleman 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 07-17-2011 Stephen F. Austin San Felipe de Austin, TX 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. 763 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Agreement 04-12-1824 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

Agreement for hire of slave.

This is to witness that I have this day hired from Stephen F Austin judge of this Colony an African negro man named John belonging to the heirs of Richard Barret deced for the term of three months for which I obligate myself to pay to said heirs or their representative twenty five bushels of corn to be delivered on the Brasos River next fall.

St Felipe de Austin April 12, 1824

Sylvanus Castleman.