J. E. B. Austin to Unknown, 05-26-1827 J. E. B. Austin 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 07-21-2010 Unknown Unknown 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. 1646 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Contract 05-26-1827 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

Contract to made a deed.

Be it known that I, James E. B. Austin an Inhabitant of Austins Colony do hereby bind and obligate myself my heirs and assigns to make unto Elias K. Wightman a deed for one fourth part of a league of land known as the Crownover league on the west side of the river Colorado, in Consideration of the same quantity of land deeded to me by said Wrightman from off the League of land granted to him by the Mexican Government, the said Wightman to have the priviledge of making choice of either quarter of the Sd League: The said title to be made as soon as the parties shall have made their respective selections—

May 26th 1827.

Jas B Austin [Rubric]

Samuel M Williams Attest

Executed agreeably to contract