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[Transcript of Letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, April 2, 1815]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan on April 2, 1815, discussing several bars of Bryan's lead that someone picked up and sold after they fell out of a wagon.
Date: April 2, 1815
Creator: Austin, Moses
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, April 2, 1815]

Description: Copy of a transcript for a letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan on April 2, 1815, telling him of the impending arrival of a man named Elleck come to help Bryan. He asks for a barrel of good whiskey, and mentions a Mr. Parmer finishing a hearth wheel.
Date: April 2, 1815
Creator: Austin, Moses
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, February 15, 1815]

Description: Copy of a transcript for a letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan on February 15, 1815, discussing the arrival of Captain Morgan, and Stephen F. Austin being delayed with a wagon of beef and pork at a river.
Date: February 15, 1815
Creator: Austin, Moses
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, February 1815]

Description: Copy of a transcript for a letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan in February 1815, discussing the building of another cabin and smith shop for his lead mine. He also mentions a shipment of sixty African-American slaves acquired by Stephen F. Austin.
Date: February 1815
Creator: Austin, Moses
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter from Henry Baldwin to Moses Austin, October 2, 1815]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Henry Baldwin to Moses Austin on October 2, 1815, discussing the mystery of a recently made purchase, and the word of two men who claim that the deed involved is a forgery.
Date: October 2, 1815
Creator: Baldwin, Henry
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter from Elias Bates to Moses Austin, August 29, 1815]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Elias Bates to Moses Austin on August 29, 1815, informing Austin of the delivery of several bars of lead, and mentioning the enemies of a man named Mr. Nicholas.
Date: August 29, 1815
Creator: Bates, Elias
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of a Legal Document Noting Debt, February 1, 1815]

Description: Copy of transcript for a legal document noting that James Bryan and Moses Austin owe $163 to the United States of America, as of February 1, 1815, in relation to Bryan's home distillery.
Date: February 1, 1815
Creator: Bryan, James & Austin, Moses
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, April 15, 1815]

Description: Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle. He writes extensively about the end of the War of 1812 and Napoleon's return to France from his exile in Elba. He asks about her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, and her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle. He also talks about poetry, focusing on the works of Sir Walter Scott.
Date: April 15, 1815
Creator: Campbell, Andrew Donaldson
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, December 25, 1815]

Description: Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle on Christmas Day. He writes of the death of his mother, Marion Muirhead Campbell. He tells about how he could not miss the chance to celebrate Wellington's victory in Paris after the Battle of Waterloos, so he dashed over in a boat so he did not miss witnessing it. After Paris, he went the Netherlands, passing a day on the "Bloody field of Waterloo," then journeying to Holland, seeing, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and the Hague.
Date: December 25, 1815
Creator: Campbell, Andrew Donaldson
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

[Transcript of Letter from Emily Austin Bryan to James Bryan, 1815]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Emily Austin Bryan to James Bryan, on the 11th day of an unidentified month in 1815, discussing her illness keeping her at her father's house, a barrel of whiskey she will try to sell, and asking him to keep up the garden at home.
Date: 1815-uu-11
Creator: Perry, Emily Austin Bryan
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to Ann Eyre - August 2, 1815]

Description: Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre. She updates her on Andrew D. Campbell and her daughter Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle. She asks Ann to write her back, as she has not written recently.
Date: August 2, 1815
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur, 1783-1837
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to Ann Eyre - February 19, 1815]

Description: Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, celebrating the end of the war. She writes about a big celebration with music she participated in with many friends. She talks about spending time with her cousins Abel Parker Upshur, Eleanor "Nelly" Jackson Dennis, Leah Custis Upshur, and John Custis Upshur. She also discusses the weather, politics, growing older. She urges Ann's husband, John Eyre, to go to Congress himself to sort out issues with the current politicians.
Date: February 19, 1815
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur, 1783-1837
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to Ann Eyre - January 18, 1815]

Description: Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre. She writes about visiting her cousin Eleanor "Nelly" Jackson Dennis with George Wilson Jackson and Elizabeth "Betsy" Dennis, and meeting some nice men. She is reading Robert Ker Porter's history of Napoleon Bonaparte's Russian campaign. She updates about shared acquaintances and family matters and asks for the Eyre's to come visit her.
Date: January 18, 1815
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur, 1783-1837
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to Ann Eyre - June 18, 1815]

Description: Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre. She writes about a delay in clothes being sent to Ann. She discusses her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, attending Madam Grelaud's French School for Ladies. She asks about Anna Savage's marriage and Sarah "Sally" Eyre's health. She also talks about her own poor health.
Date: June 18, 1815
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur, 1783-1837
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
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