Littleberry Hawkins to Stephen F. Austin, 09-06-1826 Littleberry Hawkins 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 07-12-2010 Stephen F. Austin Lexington, Kentucky 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. 1450-1451 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 09-06-1826 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

Publishes description of Texas in Kentucky papers. Interest in Texas. Santa Fé trade.

Lexington 6 Sept 1826

Stephen F Austin Esq

We keep continually published in the Papers some interesting discriptions of the Country and shall Continue to do so the best description of the Country has been lately published in the Argus Signed by Smith also a good description signed by Lewis I have seen Doct Koman who lately returned he speaks well of the Coun- try any descriptions that you would have furnished to me shall be published at all times in great Henly(?) the Stage is Starting they are Not making as much Noise about the trade from Missouri to Santefee as formerly which makes in favor of your Grant Mclain will say to You what is excitement in this State as to emigration and give You the Knews generally

Your friend

L H [Littleberry Hawkins,]