Stephen F Austin to Unknown, 07-18-1825

Stephen F Austin to Unknown, 07-18-1825 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 12-22-2010 Unknown 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. 1149 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Deposition 07-18-1825 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

Austin's deposition in the case of Groce v. Keep.

Deposition (Copy)

Mr. Jared E. Groce having called on me to state what passed between him and Doctor Imla Keep at the time the Goods were landed which were brought on from Orleans by said Keep I have to State that a difficulty arose between Keep and the owner of the vessel in which they were brought as to the freight, and Groce repeatedly stated that he had plac'd Money in Keeps hands to purchase sundry articles for him in New Orleans, and that he should hold Keep responsible for the manner in which that money was expended—that he had nothing to do with the Goods until he recd, them of Keep and would then credit him for this amount on the Sums due by Keep to him, Groce, on account of Monies placed in Keep's hands.

Texas July 18,1825

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