Asa Mitchell to Stephen F. Austin, 06-18-1826 Asa Mitchell 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 06-22-2010 Stephen F. Austin Mouth of Brazos, Texas San Felipe de Austin, 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. 1362 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 06-18-1826 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

Commerce. Manufacture of salt.

Mouth of Brassos 18th June 1826

Dear sir—

As this leaves me so may it find you enjoying the blessing of good health—I have been much disappointed in my expectations at New Orleans in consequence of Jesse Thompson not meeting me there agreeable to contract I advanced him money to pay for his lands before he left this and he was to let me have the cash in Orleans with which I calculated to buy a set of salt kettles—the vessel also being in debt more than I expected it was seized and sold and I was not able to releave it but waited from day to day for Thompson to come on and let me have money but to my great mortification he never arive[d] an old acquaintance of mine bought the sloop and let us have it to get home

Asa Mitchell

NB I have bought a good supply of sugar coffee and other articles in the provision line to acomodate those who would wish to visit the sea shore

[Addressed:] Col. Stephen. F. Austin San Philipe. De. Austin Texas