Red River Rapide Louisiana March 9th 1825
Col Stephen F Austin
Dear Sir Having been an early visitor of your part of the country
and always entertained of it a favourable opinion I have it in
contemplation to move to that part of the Country on Condition that
I can purchase land of you My Friend William G Grant [is] the
bearer of this I have obligated myself to him to let him have two
or three hands to build Gins Saw mills or any other building that he
thinks proper to build Also I have agreed to furnish all irons Gin
stand etc any obligation or contrat he makes or binds himself to
you I will be willing to comply with
Isaac D. Oglem (?)
N B not having the pleasure of being Personal accounted
[acquainted] with you I will refer you to Capt R Jones or James Jones.
Randolph and Isaac Foster