Memorandum '
In consideration of the friendship, I have for S. M Williams, and
also as a compensation for the general services he has rendered the
inhabitants of this Colony for many years while secretary and for
which he has not received a full compensation in proportion to his
merits. I have agreed to give to said S. M. Williams the half of
the premium land which may be coming to me as Empresario in
the Colony of one hundred families which I Contracted with Govt,
in eighteen hundred and twenty seven on the East side of Colorado
above the San Antonio road, but the said Williams is to attend to
all the business and do all the writing and I reserve the right of
locating land in that Colony under titles which I may purchase from
Mexicans or others who have any right to acquire lands there—I
give this as a memorandum of the understanding on this subject
for said Williams security in case of my death— San Felipe de
Austin 4 day of April 1830.
Stephen F Austin [Rubric]
A true Copy. "verbatim et literatim et punctuatim"