William Brenaugh to Stephen F. Austin, 03-19-1825 William Brenaugh 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 06-01-2010 Stephen F. Austin Natchitoches, Louisiana Texas 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. 1060 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 03-19-1825 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

Wants land. Has 12 negroes.

Natchitoches

March 19—1825.

Sir

It is my wish to procure land in your country: I am a man of family, have twelve negroes and will improve the same within the time prescribed by law— I authorize Mr Smith to locate it for me.

WM Brenaugh

Mr. S. F. Austin

Texas