Ignacio de Arispe to Unknown, 12-21-1827 Ignacio de Arispe 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 Unknown Saltillo, 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. 1731 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter of Character for Austin 12-21-1827 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

Certifying the high character and loyalty of Austin.

I, the citizen Ignacio de Arispe, hereby duly certify: That during the time I was governor pro:tem, of this State, citizen Stephen F. Austin, empresario of a colony in the department of Texas, obtained the highest opinion from the Government for his honor, love to his country and perfect discharge of the duties of his enterprise—

The same citizen Stephen F. Austin contributed most eficaciously placing himself at the head of his colonists in beating the rebels of Nacogdoches in the month of January of the present year, having united his forces to the Mexican troops by which movement their dispersion was obtained, and the death of several of their ringleaders, by which the order and tranquility of the frontier were restored.

And I give the present document for the purposes of the interested person in the Villa of Saltillo on the 21st Dec'r 1827—

Signd Ignacio de Arispe