Benjamin Deckerd to Stephen F. Austin, 10-31-1826 Benjamin Deckerd 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 07-15-2010 Stephen F. Austin Winchester, 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. 1484 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 10-31-1826 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

Land business.

Winchester 31st Octr 1826

Col Austin

I am requested by old Mr. Thompson to inquire of you the situation of the land his son bought from William Pettis, his son died before he got home and the titles to the Land has been sent to him but they are written in Spanish and we have no one here who can tell any thing about them the Old Gentleman has administered on his sons estate and he wants to know in what manner he could convey it should he make sale of it he also wants to know wether the Land is in any danger of being forfeited and he also would like to have the deed copyed in the English language if it is not too much trouble and sent on to him. You can if convenient give the above information and direct your letter to me. and you will much oblige

Benjamin Deckerd