John P. Sheldon to Stephen F Austin, 11-7-1832

John P. Sheldon to Stephen F Austin, 11-7-1832 John P. Sheldon 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 11-03-2010 Dr. S. Denton Stephen F Austin Detroit, Michigan 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. 885 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 11-7-1832 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

Ten or twenty families can be made up here for emigration to Texas.

Detroit, Nov. 7, 1832.

Dr Sir,

The Bearer of this Dr. S. Denton is on a visit to Texas to find a beautiful spot and a congenial atmosphere, on which and in which to spend the remainder of his days with an amiable wife whose constitution is too slender to bear our northern winds much longer.

Please direct him in his examination of your delightful country, and I will, I trust next year, repay the obligation personally.

I wrote you, recently, by Mr. Colt, therefore will not now trouble you with a long letter.

There will be no difficulty in making up, even in this distant land, a party of 10 or 20 families for Texas.

Forgive me, if I once more request letters from you—they will be absolutely necessary for me, as I am a thousand times questioned about the prospects of settlers or emigrants from our States.

Jno P Sheldon [Rubric]

Col. Stephen F Austin.