Thomas M Duke to Stephen F Austin, 12-22-1832 Thomas M Duke 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 11-05-2010 Stephen F Austin Home of Thomas M Duke, San Felipe de Austin, Texas 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. 909-910 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 12-22-1832 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

Agrees with Austin's ideas of future policy.

Home December 22d 1832

Dear Sir

I Recd your answer to my letter by Judge Cummins and am much pleased with your Ideas as to the future policy we ought to pursue they exactly coincide with my views of the same and am in hopes that the Inhabitants of Texas will unite and carry into operation the plan you proposed which in my humble opinion from our present situation is the safest course we can adopt.

I Received a fiew days since a letter from Dr. Peebles stating he held in his possession my Note given to you in 1824 for $270— payable in property I wrote to the Dr. immediately on the receipt of it that I should be up about the 1st of next month to see him about it but owing to the present situation of my wife it is entirely out of my power to go up so soon but as soon as posible I shall be up. I know my dear Sir that you have been indulgent with me as regards the payment of the note and would have paid it long ere this if every thing had gone on prosperously with me but you are well aware that the section of the country I reside in has laboured under more embarrassments than any other in this colony and owing to the bad crops we had last season it would put me to a great deal of Inconveniance to have to pay the note now In twelve months more I am satisfied I can be able to pay it without any Inconveniance when I gave the note to you my Dear Sir if you recollect you told me that when it was conveniant for me to pay it to do so and for that reason and its not having been perfectly convenient is the reason that I have not made arrangements for paying it in fact I have no property I can spare to settle it with except Land and as soon as I can sell some I will most undoubtedly pay it if you will have the good- ness to speak to the Dr. for me or if you can make any arrangements with him relative to the note. I can assure you my Dear Sir that in Twelve months at farthest the note will be paid and place me under still further obligation to you—you will please write me as soon as posible what arrangements [or] calculations I have to make

Thos M— Duke [Rubric]

[Addressed:] Coln, Stephen F Austin Town of Austin