December 20th 1825
Mr Austin
Sir, I have sent a Couple of men Mr. Riddle and Mr. Carson to Improve my land and make a Crop on it I believe them both to be
good honest industrous men Riddle is a very Exelent Black Smith
I am so situated that I Cannot Come on myself at this time but I shall
be on about the last of April or the firstMay—if the first payment
must be made on my Land before I get there Mr Riddle will pay you
up in Cattle I would Raither it Could be put off til I get there myself perhaps by that time I Could be able to pay the Cash please
to instruct these men where to find the land and what improvements
is necessary to be made—
Benjamin Lindsey