Mathew Scobey to Stephen F. Austin, 05-29-1824 Mathew Scobey 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 Long Prairie, AK 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. 807 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 05-29-1824 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

Wants information about Government and land titles. Crop failure on Red River.

Long Prairie [Arkansas] May 29 1824

Mr. S. F. Auston

Deak Sir this is the second time I have put pen on paper to write to you; I am in hopes if you receive these lines you will take the trouble of writeing to me,

I want you if you please sir; to State what sort of a Government you have, at this time; or expect to have in your Country As there is a Number of Valuable Citizens in this place, that wants to moove to Texis; if they were not a fraid of the Lawes of that Countrery. And there is a Number of People, that thinks you will never git a grant, for your land If you will be so good, as to give a full Statement, of the Cituation of your Country; It will be very pleasing to the Citizens upon Red River; Col Dooley is at my house at this time; he is very Anxious, to moove; to your Contry times is very hard on Red River No money to be had; Croops has looked very well to within a few days. (But now bad enough) The Worms has taken the Gotten (Clean and smooth) and has begun on the Corn; where they will stop God onley knows

My self and familey is in good health, and the People Generally in this Place

I should be extremely glad to here from you,

Mathew Scobey