J. Cable to Stephen F. Austin, 03-28-1827 J. Cable 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 07-19-2010 Stephen F. Austin Nachitoches, Louisiana Nacogdoches, 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. 1621 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 03-28-1827 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

Performance of certain commissions.

Natchitoches, 28th. March 1827.

Dear Sir,

I reed your letter of the 23d. March by Mr. John Cortes, and; Enclosed letter to M. Slocum last evening and Slocum has Put your name down as a subscriber to the courier and will Forwd__

it as circumstances will admit— I have Inclosed two letters To Samuel M. Williams and some News Papers of late dates which may give you some news that you have not Recd. I forwd— them by a Mr. Wetherspoon stranger to me who is a going to St. Phillipe De Austin there was no letters in our Post Office for you__

I wish you would doe me the favor to send me some Mexican News Papers if you can Obtain them convenient, Mrs Cable wishes to be remembered to you—I am your friend

J. Cable

P. S. if you are in Nacogdoches when you receive this Please to tell John Durst th[at] his family is well—

J. Cable

[Addressed:] Col. Stephen F Austin Nacogdoches Texas