San Felipe August 28, 1830
Mr. E. R. Wigh[t]man
Dr Sir. Mr Seth Ingram is interested in a league which is to be
laid off back of his brothers league, or in case of a vacancy below
the tracts that are taken on the west side of Prairie Creek
You must use your own discretion and exercise your own
judgement in laying off these, and all the tracts in that quarter, as I wrote
you the other day— the main object is not to leave vacancies, and
also to run the tracts so as to make them as nearly equal as possible
in point of local advantages—.
Mr Nelson writes me that his location was on the East side of
Prairie Creek and not on the west side— I understood you that his
selection was on the west— but if a mistake has been made you can
rectify it, for it is quite immaterial which side Nelson takes his
land— you will however be particular to try and make Fishers a
good league, which is the first one below Peyton on the East side of
Prairie Creek, as I wrote you in my last—
My Dear Sir I must rely entirely on you to do as near equal justice
to all as possible, for it is impossible for me to say how the tracts
ought to run, because this will depend on the shape of the Bay Shore
and the direction of the creeks, which can only be asertained by
actual measurement
S. F. Austin [Rubric]
A Mexican who lives at Buckners is to have a quarter on Cany
after the quarters for Maria, and your sister, are taken out— See
Buckner on the subject—so as to have it all fully understood.
S. F. Austin.
Dr Sir
Mr. Jaques goes down to attend to the surveying of his tract-
he is to get the first tract west of Prarie creek below Peyton as I
wrote you the other day—¦ Mr. Nelson wrote me that his choice was
on the east side below Fishers— I am particularly anxious that
Jaques and Fishers tracts should be laid off to the best advantage
S F Austin