Alexander Hodge to Stephen F. Austin, 11-01-1826 Alexander Hodge 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 District of Victoria, Texas 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. 1486 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 11-01-1826 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

Application for land.

District of Victoria 1st of Nov. 1826.

Dr sir.

I arrived in this Colony last December and have failed to make application for Land yet expecting to have met with you in this section before now I have my family all with me and have to settle for life I wish to procure Land in the lower section of Country I have four sons Two married and two single all of age who also wishes to procure Land Be so good as to write me where it is probable I shall get Land and how and when etc

ALEXANDER HODGE

N B you will please enter my name on your list as applying for Land last December

A.H.