Jacob Betts to Stephen F Austin, 06-27-1825 Jacob Betts 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 12-24-2010 Stephen F Austin 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. 1143 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 06-27-1825 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

Apology for letter of May 13.

June the 27 1825

Col Steven F Austin

Sir I Rote you a few Lines some day after I saw you—perhaps at time when not calculated to compose any thing it may be possible you are Right in your statement to me and me wrong if so I hope I shall discuver it I shall not Return as soon as I expected when I Rot to you though I shall not be gon Long if you think proper to Let me have the half Leag of Land and no more you will pleas arange the metter for me and when I Return I shall endeavor to settle with you you stated to me perhaps you could be of servis to me in securing other Land I suspect you can if you are dispose to do me the favour and I am convinst of my error you will find [me] submisive as fair as is Reasonable if you Let me have the Land I shall depend on you to arang the matter for me

Jacob Betts