Stephen F Austin to Elias R Wightman, 04-27-1829 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 08-12-2010 Elias R Wightman San Felipe de Austin, 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. 213 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 04-27-1829 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

Arrangements concerning land.

San Felipe de Austin April 27. 1829

Mr Elias E Wightman

Sir, My object in making the offer of the land when you was here, out of the Jones and Kuykendall Leagues was to enable the families that came with you to have a place to go on to immediately, and not as a matter of speculation— I am now willing that you should take the quarter out of the Jones League in exchange for the part my brother has in the Matagorda tract—this will close that business and relieve you from the necessity of making an immediate settlement on it—

The families who are at Huff shave all determined to settle on the Bernard, as I am informed—none of them will therefore go to the Colorado— I will give one Labor gratis to any family who will settle on the Kuykendall League west of the river, by the first of October next, he paying for the title—

I return you the two instruments of writing you sent me unsigned— It does not suit me to agree to the alteration you wish for the necessity, or rather the reason on which the offer was made has ceased, for the families at Huffs as I before observed have determined to settle on the Bernard—and the present arrangement will suit you better than the other, for the Jones quarter is worth two of the Crownover League, and you can remain where you are during the whole season—

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