Benjamin Lindsey to Stephen F. Austin, 12-20-1825 Benjamin Lindsey 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 06-22-2010 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. 1242 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 12-20-1825 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

Land. Emigration.

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