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[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 her sister, Ann Upshur 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
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

[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

[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 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

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur 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
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

[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

[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
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