James E. B. Austin and John Austin to Unknown, 11-22-1825 James E. B. Austin and John Austin Project Director and Editor Andrew J. Torget Creation of XML version Cameron L. Sinclair 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 06-08-2010 Unknown 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. 1234-1235 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Articles of Partnership 11-22-1825 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

Articles of partnership. James E. B. Austin and John Austin to build and operate a cotton gin.

This agreement, between James E. B. Austin and John Austin witnesseth that the said James and John have associated themselves in partnership for the objects and on the footing stated below that is to say, the objects of said partnership are to build a Gin, and carry on the ginning business, on the land granted to said James in this Colony, and also to engage in commercial buisness generally—

The conditions of the partnership are that all capital or advances made by eather of said parties shall be charged to the Company and accounted for at the expiration of the partnership,— The nett profits of the concern shall be equally divided between the parties. The partnership shall continue for two years unless sooner dissolved by mutual Consent—

Jas. E. B. Austin [Rubric]

John Austin [Rubric]

San Felipe de Austin November 22nd 1825