Stephen F. Austin to J. H. Bell, 01-08-1828 Stephen F. 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 07-29-2010 J. H. Bell 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. 5 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 01-08-1828 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

Concerning reservation of land.

Dr Sir,

I recd your letter by Col Philips relative to the place that was reserved to the 1 of this month for your motherinlaw—-On the first day of this Mr. Duke applied for the same place pr Mr Moore who lives in Bay Prairie and presented a letter from Moore on the subject—I was compeled to say that on that day all previous promises of the place were out, and that it was therefore vacant, and it was consequently entered pr Mr. Moore—I could not do otherwise-—

I expect to be at my brothers about the 20 of this month and will call and see you, tho my stay below will be very short, not more than one day—

Remember me to Mrs Bell,

S. F. Austin [Rubric]

Jany. 8. 1828—

J. H. Bell