Bartlett Sims to Stephen F. Austin, 01-14-1826 Bartlett Sims 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 06-30-2010 Stephen F. Austin Bravo, 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. 1256-1257 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 01-14-1826 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

Wishing to borrow a compass. Colonization.

Bravo January 14th 1826

Col Austin

Dear Sir Mr. Cox one of the companyof the upper colony wishes me to Doo Som surveying for him and others and I Have no other chance of gitting a compass Except from you allso considerably for coln coals[Coln Coles] if you can accommodate me with one you will confur a favor on yours and please Send it By Mr. Milacan if you have none Be so good as to Try to pocure one for me a short time as I can com pleat the work in 3 or 4 weaks at farthest

your at ten tion to this will con fur a favor on yours &c

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thar is 5 or Six familys up in this part of the countray wishin to Settle in your Colony and ar making thar Selections up near the Road on thoas creeks that form the yea way [Yegua ]

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