Elias R Wightman to Unknown, 02-18-1832 Elias R Wightman 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 09-22-2010 Unknown San Felipe de Austin, 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. 752-753 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 02-18-1832 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

Instructions for planting.

I am geting along verry Slowly in my affairs but find Considerable land in my Surveys taken, and I have got about $150 in notes since I Came to Town and there are as much more to Collect and on the Sanjacinto I am in hopes of geting some and then I shall come home without surveying much only finishing some old work—

If you want more Corn get it of Yeamans and tell him I will pay him the Cash when I return— If possible which I expect I can do Forward the Crop, all you can, and take care the pigs— perhaps we shall conclude to Start for N York via. Tampico as Marias letter [suggests?] of that more when I come home, If Cayce got the oxen all will be well, with Grassmeyer and other matters I can get along with I hope Remember not to burn till a heavy rains falls on the fallow and then a dry time with brisk south wind about 10 c. when the sun is hot and plant immediately after— plant out more potatoes, as soon as may be tell Griffith I want him to forward his ploughing so as I can have the oxen when I come home O. take care of the potatoes at G's and asort them, burying the good ones again

Saturday San Felipe 18th Feby 1832

Mrs Mary [Wightman?]

E R Wightman

Tell Alvin If he will go to Leagues and get a Colt I have bought— Finally he has no order for him wait till I come

ERW