Robert Lewis to Stephen F. Austin, 04-11-1825 Robert Lewis 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 06-07-2010 Stephen F. Austin Red Fish Bar, Louisiana 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. 1074 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 04-11-1825 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

Trade and transportation from New Orleans.

Schooner May of Orleans, Red Fish Bar

April 11th 1825

Col. Austin, DSir,

If My acquatence are sufficient, I beg leaf to introduce to your acquantence, Mr. Jessie Cartwright, from near Woodville Misspi a planter of hie respectibility. he wishes to become a settler in your coliney, you will no doubt, be pleasd with him on acquaitance,—we have had a teadious trip from N. Orleans four weeks yesterday since we left there, we have 36 passengers. I have upwards of $3000 in goods some Grocer[io]s for this country, and goods for the Spanish Market, I am auctions to git them to your Town as soon as possable, I should like to have waggons enough to take them all at one trip, in weight I have about 7500 or 8000 lbs. If you could send to waggons to Meet Me at the ware house I would take it as a particular favor,—The schooner draws upward of seven feet water she has to be lightened, it will be from 6 to 10 days before we can git to Docr. Hunters, then my good will [be ta]ken [to] • • • [immediately . . .

I should like to know by the return of Mr. Cartwright, if I could depend on the waggons, if I can, I will send an express on My arrival at Docr. Hunters to let then now what day to meet me at the warehouse

Robert Lewis [Rubric]

P. S. I have a letter for Mr. William, from his Brother, and a Book a Leger or register.