Your letter of the 14th Decr last in which you stated that Mr [Poor] of Washington would have funds in his hands which shd be paid² one of us & not the balance of³ your debt to the estate should be observed thro one of the banks I paid to us, induced⁴ us to hope that we shd be spared⁵ the necessity of again calling your attention to this matter. We⁶ need only observe that we have recieved nothing from either of the above sources.⁷ The duty which the law imposes upon us of enforcing the decres agt the Dr legatees is a painful one, but we cannot much longer avoid the performance of it. We⁸ shall how ever take no step towards it⁹ until we can hear from you which we request may be soon, and most sincerely do we hope that your answer may be such as to render any further proceedings unnecessarry. We are my dear Sir very sincerely & affectly yrs