[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to his brother Moses Austin, February 23, 1801] Page: 3 of 7
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aonably expect since also those ^/very exertions to sell
the nines by advertizing through all America at the expens ; S3
of 150 Dollar^ finding No offers and having YJrote to
Cole X Lyon and Wythe stateing to them my situation and ' t
offring to give them up the property fxH at the apprasement
of Col Ruston Col Trigg and Cp&t gauers but without any
satisfaction from them Meantime they were pushing the Sail
as our Bonds men against Sam Fain S^me^ime he also
was Call on to pay the Balance of Lead you Borow^ of the
atate S%me time ThoS Norvell had obtan^ a Judgment against
you and got execution for what I yet never Knew/under
theBe circumstances Nothing movable was safe at the nines
Some Months before this through the Intrest of The°
Hopkins he forwarded a Dft to Charles on me for a debt
due in [illegiblej England for 2X00 sterling to Collect
of me this dft I accepted and to pay it Sold every shilling
of property of every Description at the Mines which was
Indors^ on my acceptance thus was dispos^ of all the rroper-
<x-
ty I had at the Mines s^me time I agreed to Rent the Hines
to Charles for half the N proceeds s^me time apprisement
of all the property at the expiration of the partner-
ship with a publication of the Partnership was to be Made
this has been done by Men who you can not object to as to
goods Charles took them up on his own Credit as you niight
well conclude i would not supply any more what the hands
at the Mines receiv^ of him must other ways have been pur-
chase of some other persons and at a still greater price
and for which money must at last have been paid--as to slags
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[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to his brother Moses Austin, February 23, 1801], letter, February 23, 1801; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth216095/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.