John Hinkson to Stephen F. Austin, 12-01-1827 John Hinkson 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 07-26-2010 Stephen F. Austin Austin's Colony, District of Colorado, 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. 1728 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 12-01-1827 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

Land.

December the 1—Austins Colony

1827—District of Colorado

Dear Sir in Consequence of your absence and the Commissiners I have Bin unable to procure my Land and my Business Compells me to go to new Orleans Before your Return and if you will confer the Favour on me to Reserve my land untill the twentieth of July next I will Return By that time and make you promp payment Mr Rosin Aalley will survey it and make Return thereof to you if you will grant the above mentioned favour it will forever Be Acknowledged By me I am yours with Respect—

John Hinkson

Stephen F Austin