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[Transcript of letter from James F. Perry to Samuel M. Williams, July 13, 1837]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from James F. Perry to Samuel M. Williams, in which Perry attempts to contact Williams since they are co-executors of Stephen F. Austin's estate. Perry has enclosed a document concerning land parcels written in Williams's handwriting and signed by Austin that he has questions about.
Date: July 13, 1837

[Transcript of Letter from B. Gillespie to James F. Perry, August 24, 1846]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from B. Gillespie to James F. Perry, in which Gillespie provides news on several legal affairs including the transfer of several Empresario land suits to Travis County for trial and Gillespie's efforts to address ongoing business matters in Bastrop.
Date: August 24, 1846

[Transcript of Letter from Emily Margaret Austin Perry to James F. Perry, August 26, 1847]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Emily Margaret Austin Perry to James F. Perry, in which Emily Perry let's her husband know she has arrived at her current destination, with their daughter, safely but that the trip home will require a detour due to outbreaks of fever around the Bastrop area. Emily Perry also provides a list of tasks that need to be tended to in her absence (preserves, garden, weather boarding, etc.).
Date: August 26, 1847
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