Stephen F. Austin to Jose Antonio Saucedo, 06-20-1824 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 07-17-2011 Jose Antonio Saucedo 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. 836 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 06-20-1824 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

Steps to complete titles to settlers. First contract for 300 families nearly completed. Drouth.

I regret much to say to you that we have had no rain since your departure from here, which has so much discouraged the Colonists, that several of them think of leaving the Country and some have already made their preparations to go back, which may cause a serious injury to this Province [by checking?] an increase of population, and improvements. But I am of the opinion that they would all remain if they had in their hands titles for their lands, for this reason, I have sent John Austin to wait upon you on your way to the settlement, and to have done at once with that business. Some more families have arrived, nearly the 300 are here and the others are on their way; so we may complete the whole proceedings in a very short time. Therefore, I request you to be pleased to come with John, or to send the Commissioner Baron de Bastrop, for the purpose of having done entirely with this business.

San Felipe de Austin June 20, 1824.

Estevan F Austin