Hugh McGuffin to Stephen F. Austin, 08-18-1824 Hugh McGuffin 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 07-18-2011 Stephen F. Austin Natchitoches, LA Brazos, TX 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. 877 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 08-18-1824 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

Hugh McGuffln to Austin, August 18, 1824.

Natchitoches 18th August 1824

Dear Sir

I should have visited your Country ere this only on account of Mrs. McGuffin going to the warm Springs She will return about the fifteenth of Sept. Shortly after which I will set out for that place there is nothing worthy of Communicating to you now the Mule that your Brother left with me I Delivered to his order about two weeks ago the Horse is not here at present but I think he will [be] in a short time when I go on there I will bring him with me.—

Adue untill I see you

Write me if you have any oportunity

H. McGuffin.

P. S. I send your Muscetoe Barr by Mr. House that you left at Mr. Jas. Dennys also your Spanish Dictionary H. McG.

[Addressed:] Coln. S. F. Austin—Brazos—Per Mr. House.