If my suit againt Chapman has not been tried, & it is not too late to take Depositions; or if you can obtain Commissions for that purpose I shall be much obliged to you to send two, and I wish to know if I cannot get a peremtory order to take Nathl Chapman Hunters Deposition as he has refused to give it, I wish very to have his testamony as it is very material to my Cause; please let me know how my cause stands at this time and if you think I shall be successful in it; you will also greatly oblige me by Directing the Clerk to send me Copies of Chs Simm's and John

      I reced your favor dated the Sixth of Febry¹ this Eighteenth day of apl Opened, If I had recd it sooner should have answered it immediately, I herewith Enclose a Note from Chapman with an affidavit of the recieipt, Mr Alexanders Deposition is very material but not as much so, as some others if you have recd them, please let me know as soon as you recieive this, if Mr Chapmans note will secure the reading the Deposition, I am also to inform you that after Mr Chapman got the last Judgment in your Court he executed my property and sold it to amount of his Jud

     I received your Favor on Saturday last inclosing an Attachment & two Dedimus's against my troublesome Neighbor George Chapman for which I am exceedingly obliged to you, as I expect it will put a Stop to the Sale of a Negro belonging to the Estate of Mr Philip Alexander's Orphans, which he executed some Time ago, under a Supposition that I intended (as I conceive) to rest satisfied with the Dissolution of my Injunction against him but as it is in my Power to pro[ve] that the Money which he unjustly demands from me has been honestly discharged by Robt Alexander, I a

     I have been disappointed by sickness in taking the deposition of Mr Nathaniel Hunter a second time; who (after taking his first deposition) I discovered could prove that his father Dr Hunter had received from Mr Robt Alexander a flatt in full discharge of the balance which he and his brother Philip as Executors of Gerard Alexander owed old Mrs Chapman Administratrix of Nathaniel Chapman on the Judgment which the sd Nathaniel Chapman recovered agt the said Gerard Alexander in his life time.

     Since I saw you Mr Chapman has taken several Depositions among the suit Robert Alexander Son to Robert Alexander Decd whom the execution Levied on me, was against— he swares that there are accounts on his Fathers Books against John Hunter Specifying Moneys and Tobaccoes paid by his Father to the said Docto. John Hunter and on the credit side he says to the Judgment obtained by Nat. Chapman agt my Fathers Estate so much but the said Credit has several scratches made across it.

     Inclosed you will receive a Copy of a Letter which I addressed to George Chapman in order to obtain from him Liberty to inspect the Books of Robert Alexander, which I am certain from the deposition of Charles Alexander, will shew in what Manner the said Alexander had discharged the Execution which was issued, in order to Levy the Judgment, which Nathl Chapman recovered from Gerd Alexander, but notwithstanding all these Books were in the Possession of the sd George Chapman, yet he refused to suffer my Brother to take such Abstracts from them as I required, as will appe

     Enclosed you will receive the affidavits of John Luke and myself respecting the Loss of the Depositions of Genl John Dent and Mrs Susanna Chapmans‑ It is absolutely necessary to put off the Trial untill they can be found, or a Didemus sent up to take them over again, I have taken several Depositions which with those that are lost will set the contest in a clear point of view‑ I have sent them Down by Mr Charles Lee‑please‑let me know in as short a time as possible whether it will be put off or not, Mr Charles Alexander will write you from the District Court respecting

     On enquiry I am informed that Dick the Negro who was taken in Execution as is stated in my Bill of Injunction on a supposition that he was the property of Gerard Alexander decd, actually belonged to Philip Alexander in his private right— I think I shall not only be able to prove this fact, but that the Jury impanneled by the Sheriff to ascertain whose property he was, had no other Evidence before them to establish Gerard Alexanders right, except that of a Mullatto to which I objected before the Jury— With respect to this Negro Dick I can now prove by General Joh

     This is the third Letter I have wrote to you, directed to Richmond, but have not recieved an answer, in one of which, I Enclosed Hodsons Rect for £5.6— agreeable to your directions, I also wrote to Mr Tinsly Enclosing him, an attested Copy, of Release of Errors, the original filed in our Court, you will greatly oblige me $PR Return of Mr Chs Alexander Junr to inform me in what manner I am to proceed. and at what time you think the Trial will come on, I wish also to be informed, as the debt for which I was Executed is an open acct as to Mr P.