John Durst to Stephen F Austin, 11-10-1829 John Durst 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 08-16-2010 Stephen F Austin Nacogdoches, 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. 285 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 11-10-1829 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

Asking Austin's advice concerning Guerrero's emancipation decree.

Nacogdochs Novr the 10th 1829

S. F Austin

Dear Sir We have receivd by last Mail a Decree Given by the excutive of our Governmt Liberating all the Slaves in its territory I have so farr succeeded with the cival and Military othoraties to Suspend its Publication and expose to the Governor the evil arrising from such Law should it have efect you no Doubt have it before this and I doubt nott you have taken Measures to Surpress it, in the Name of God what Shall we do for Gods Sake advise me on the subject by the return of Mail we are ruind for ever Should this Measure be adopted Yours

John Durst [Rubric]