George W. Poe to Unknown, 12-28-1836 George W. Poe 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 08-31-2011 Unknown Columbia, Texas Unknown Eugene Barker, ed., The Austin Papers, (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1927), 3 vols., Vol 3, pp. 478 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Special Order 12-28-1836 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

Order for military funeral for Austin

Special Order

Columbia 28, Decr 1836

Sir

Immediately on receipt of this order you will detail a firing party to be commanded by yourself in person of (16) sixteen men with 4 rounds of blank cartridges to land over the Bayou above the House of McKinney and Williams and march immediately to the Residence of James F. Perry Esq to pay funeral honors to the late Genl S. F. Austin decd—

Should this order reach you in the night you [will] not fail to march forthwith— By order of his Excelly

Geo. W. Poe

Dear Sir

Herewith you have an official order— uniform your men as the President will be there and show him how prompt you are in your duty— March the men to Perrys immediately tho' in the night you must get a guide have your men picked and in the neatest trim possible

You will see me there— P