John McGaffey to Stephen F. Austin, 01-15-1826 John McGaffey 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 Neches Ferry, 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. 1257 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 01-15-1826 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

Asking Austin to support his petition for permit to establish ferry on the Neches.

Niege Ferry Jany. 15th 1826

Mr. Austin.

Deak Sir Having had the pleasure of seeing you during my stay with Mr. Castleman I am impressed with a favorable opinion of the Liberality of your disposition. I respectfully hope that you will be pleased to contribute your influence towards promoting the welfare of a Poor Man in his humble efforts in the Laudable pursuit of Industry

My Petition for a grant of Land to Establish a Ferry will be handed you for your signature and any other favor you will be pleased to grant for its furtherance

John McGaffey