Rawson Alley to Stephen F. Austin, 01-29-1825 Rawson Alley 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 05-25-2010 Stephen F. Austin 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 2, pp. 1025 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 01-29-1825 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

Surveying.

Col S F Austin

Sir I send you the returns of Andersons, Pettys and Tobars, Pettuses, Duty and Eadses, Sitos of Land and De Mosses Labor by Col Pettus My Provisions gave out which prevented me from going any further up the River I intend going down the River as Soon as I can go to the Cane brake and back, to finish my work below, if you wish any more Land surveyed on the West side of the River Opposite the Lake than I have orders for let me know by the first opportunity. My hands will be at my House till I return from the Cane brake if you should write before I return; I think there will be some very good Leagues below if the[y] Can be Laid about four miles on the River as the Timber is very narrow it will not do very well to lay it off in square Leagues; John Tobar only wanted one mile Square where he Lives if he wishes it so after seeing the Lines I will take it off his hands and pay the charges in proportion but no more which word I sent to him; Whiting wished me to let you know that he wishes to take Land, below in the Bay Prairie

Jany 29th 1825

Rawson Alley [Rubric]

Col Stephen F Austin

N B the surveying of Jesse Burnams Land comes to seventy four Dollars 89 1/2 cents

R Alley [Rubric]

I gave George Duttys return to him as he said he was going over in a few days