Dear ser.
My friend Col. Benjamin F Fauster will hand you this;
The Col. is the agent for the Texas Association Company and will
reside in that Country.
You will find him an intelligent Gentlemanly man, and one in
whom you will be pleased on an acquaintance—any services you can
render him whilst in your Country will be acknowledged etc.—
Robt Desha
[Addressed:] Col. Stephen F Austin Austins Grant Texas Pr.
Col. Fauster