Samuel M Williams to W D Dunlap, 03-10-1831 Samuel M Williams Project Director and Editor Andrew J. Torget 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 09-08-2010 W D Dunlap 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. 609-610 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 03-10-1831 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

Acknowledging his appointment as collector at Brazoria and promising to aid him.

I am informed by yr official Letter of the 2d inst which came to hand the 9th of yr appt by Col J. D. Bradburn as Capt of the Port or inspector of the tributary port of the port of Galveston called Brasoria and of your arrival at Brasoria— You may rest assured that I will cheerfully unite with you in every measure conformably with the laws to carry into effect the object of your office— By the Militia Laws of this state the Militia are under the direction of the Alcalde that is to say if you should find the militia necessary for the performance of your duties the order must emanate from the Alcalde— In order to prevent you from laboring under any serious disadvantages. I will call on the Alcalde for an order addressed to the Comt of the Batalion to furnish Militia whenever necessary— altho I hope and trust they will not be necessary

Accept the assurances of my respect and esteem and desires for your success in the discharge of yr duties 10 March 1831 WDD.

[Samuel M. Williams.]