Jesse Thompson to Stephen F. Austin, 04-17-1826 Jesse Thompson 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 06-10-2010 Stephen F. Austin Province of Tais Austin's Colony, Brazos, 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. 1307 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 04-17-1826 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

Decline of price of cotton.

Province of Tais April 17th 1826

Col Stephen F. Austin

Dear Sir I have the pleasure of writing these lines to you to inform you of my situation that is I am at this and have been very sick I was taken at Natchitoches eight days since and have remained sick ever since and I can further [tell?] you that cotton is very low and I have declined going to Orleans and cant tell when I shall return on account of getting return for my cotton and I have wrote to my wife which will be lodged with you and I want you to forward the letter to her as [soon as] possible and oblige your friend nothing more but remains yours with respect

Jesse Thompson

[Addressed:] Col. Stephen F. Austin Austins colony Brasses