Document of R.L. Daniel granting power of attorney to Michael Reed, with witness Wilson Reed.

Promissory note for Willis Collins issued by Basil G. Ijams.

Bills of sale of a slave named Nancy. The initial bill was written by notary William Christy in New Orleans, Louisiana. Jacob Sevy is selling Nancy, approximately 15, to John Covington Thomas of Gainsville, Alabama, for $1,200. Handwritten bills are added explaining that John C. Thomas sells Nancy to James Chessher in August 1838 for $3,000, who in turn sells her to Stephen Jackson of Jefferson County, Texas, in 1840 for $1,000. A separate paper is included with a description of this document.

Copy[?] of Michael Reed's deed written in Spanish and signed by Guillermo H. Steele. On verso of page one is statement by W.D. Thomson certifying the record of the deed in Milam County, signed August 21, 1837.

Copy of transcript for an agreement between Stephen F. Austin and Bartlett Sims, in which Austin agrees to pay Sims one half league of premium land by the Colorado River in exchange for improvements to the league at the head of Bay Prairie. Austin has already paid Sims cash for a portion of the cost of the improvements.

Copy of transcript for a colonization contract between the Samuel M. Williams and Thomas Taylor, stipulating fees, terms, and the location of Taylor's lands. This document ends in the middle of a sentence which leads me to believe that this is the first page in a multipage document.

Copy of transcript for a contract between Stephen F. Austin and Joseph Miller, in which Austin agrees to pay Miller five dollars per one thousand Cypress shingles. It was later noted that Miller was payed in full.