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In my letter of Feb. 23. I desired you to send me mr Higginbotham ’s rent-note, as well as his...
I am first to thank you for the indulgences of yours of Feb. 6. I believe that by the combined...
I scarcely ever sat down to write a more painful letter than the present. when in Oct. 1812. I...
You have heretofore been apprised of a claim of Col o Monroe to a corner of your tract of land on...
Yours of the 2 d is recieved, and a copy of Higgenbotham’s mortgage is now inclosed. the journey...
I returned from Bedford on the 15 th inst. and have been in the hope of having the pleasure of...
Your favor of Feb. 16. remains still I believe to be acknoleged. as I did not go to the court...
2226 ⅔ D Know all men by these presents that I, David Higginbotham of the county of Albemarle and...
Your patience has been put to the proof, and yet I have not been one moment in default. in my...
I am just returned from Bedford and find here your favor of Nov. 29 . as an object which needs no...
Your favor of Oct. 29. finds me still here. tho’ the effects of my fall have not been quite...
I have communicated to mr Higginbotham the substance of your letter of the 7 th and can now give...
I have at length recieved an offer for your lands, which tho not coming entirely up to your...
Your favor of the 19 th was recieved yesterday. those of Feb. 20. & Mar. 5. had come to hand...
Your letter of Aug. 10. from Portland Portsmouth came duly to hand. according to promise I have...
On the reciept of your letters of May 29 . & June 18 . I wrote to mr Bankhead , then with his...
Yours of April 11 . was recieved in due time; but as you expressed a wish that your lands should...
I now make frequent journies to Bedford , and make long stays there , having a good house and...
Your’s of Aug. 30 . arrived while I was absent in Bedford , to which place I now go several times...
It is with much concern I inform you that the Senate has negatived your appointment. we thought...
I avail myself of the last moment allowed by the departure of the post to acknolege the reciept...
Yours of the 7th. & 10th. inst. were acknoleged in mine of the 19th. Mr. Madison is now with me...
Your letters of the 7th. & 10th. were recieved on the 15th., communicated to mr Madison &...
On the reciept of your letter of July 23. I wrote to mr Madison expressing my ideas on the...
I have put off writing to you to the last moment, and must therefore be short as I am just...
I recieved last night yours of the 10th. the idea of your going so early as by the vessel which...
What I now write you must be as secret as the grave. there is at length an unanimity of opinion...
Your favor of Apr. 28. came safe to hand with the watch chain and seal, which are entirely to my...
Yours of the 27th. was recieved last night. those of Nov. 25. & Dec. 29. had been recieved in due...
Your’s of the 6th. has been duly recieved. on the subject of your location for the winter, it is...
Your letter of the 11th. was recieved last night. in the mean time mine of the 12th. had crossed...
Mr. Jefferson not having compleated the sale of my tobacco, I am enabled to send you on 750. D....
I returned to this place three days ago, which being later than I had expected, has retarded my...
I now inclose you a draught of the US. bank here on that of Philadelphia for 500. D. and early in...
I now inclose you a draught of the bank of the US. of this place on that of Philadelphia for five...
In my note of Oct. 13. I inclosed you a draught of the United States bank here on that at...
On my arrival here I found your letter of Sep. 27. with an accumulation of business which has...
Yours of the 23d. was recieved by the last post, and I sincerely regret that we are not likely to...
I inclose you an order of the bank of the US. at this place on that at Philadelphia for five...
My letter, written the day before yours of the 10th. will in some degree have anticipated your...
I observed to you in a former letter that I had found from experience that I could not pay you...
Your favor of Feb. 26. has been duly recieved. I think I mentioned in a former letter that...
Your favor of the 28th. was recieved on the 24th. although mr Skipwith’s error in fact (that the...
Yours of the 2d. inst. has been duly recieved; but I have not had it in my power to make you the...
In hopes of seeing you before this in Virginia I had [rese]rved the inclosed out of funds in...
Your favor of May 15. was recieved in due time. you will now recieve inclosed a draught of the...
Yours of Apr. 24. came to hand some days since, and I now return you the calculation of interest...
Your favors of Feb. 14. & 26. are now before me, and answering first to the former, I inclose you...
I am now able to resume my paiments , which have been interrupted by the great expences of the...
Your favor of the 5th. has been duly recieved; & I am very thankful to you as well as to your...