[Transcript of letter from James E. B. Austin to Stephen F. Austin, March 18, 1829] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Transcript of letter from James E. B. Austin to Stephen F. Austin, March 18, 1829]
  • Series Title Austin Papers: Series II, Part II, 1818-1847

Contributor

  • Author: Austin, James Elijah Brown, 1803-1829
    Contributor Type: Personal

Date

  • Creation: 1829-03-18

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from James E. B. Austin to Stephen F. Austin discussing customs requirements for incoming ships; challenges with getting the Ayuntamiento (town council) to support a building a jail and an academy; and the difficulties with the Alcalde (judge).
  • Physical Description: 3 p. ; 28 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Correspondence
  • Named Person: Austin, James Elijah Brown, 1803-1829
  • Named Person: Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836
  • Keyword: Eclipse
  • Keyword: Little Zoe
  • Keyword: Ayuntamiento
  • Keyword: Alcalde
  • Keyword: Smith
  • Keyword: Gibson
  • Keyword: Austin, John, 1801-1833
  • Keyword: Williams
  • Keyword: Austin, Eliza Martha Westall
  • Keyword: Fort Settlement

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Brazoria County - Brazoria
  • Time Period: mex-tex
  • Historic Place Name: Mexico - Coahuila y Texas - Brazoria
  • Place Name: United States - Louisiana - Orleans Parish - New Orleans
  • Place Name: Mexico - Tamaulipas - Matamoros Municipality - Heroica Matamoros
  • Coverage Date: 1829

Collection

  • Name: Moses and Stephen F. Austin Papers
    Code: AUSTIN

Institution

  • Name: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
    Code: CAH

Resource Type

  • Letter

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: 2Q412
  • Accession or Local Control No: e_sfa_00207
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth216274

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