I¹ am much indebted to you for your favor of the 5th inst.

I now enclose you a statement of the <mutilated>en by you on the 1st day of next month; <illegible> <mutilated>gned to <illegible> acting executors of Genl Washington <mutilated>ed by a deed of trust and Dukes bonds. <illegible> of the account is your agreement to pay the balance with interest, annually, & punctually, to me, which you will sign & have witnessed by two witnesses, and immediately enclose it back to me by post (clear of postage).

     I suggested to Mr Caldwell during his life time that a friendly suit should be brought by the representatives of Mr Blodget agt the chief Justice & myself, stating the failure of the objects for which the trust was credited, our refusal to accept the trust, & praying a transfer of the Stock to such representatives, or the substitution of other trustees. This I still think is the best, if not the only plan to be pursued. We will put in an answer immediately submitting the whole case to the Court. Believe me to be Dear Sir very sincerely & respectfully yrs

     Having recd from the debtor legatees during the winter & this summer pretty respectable payments we are enabled to make a dividend of which I now notify the Creditor legatees. your dividend & share of Commissions, as well as mine, amounts to $772.10 for which I can send you a check on the Charlestown on recieving from you a letter stating your return to Audley from below. We leave this tomorrow for Bath. I wrote to cousin Carter about her dividend, which you no doubt will attend to. Believe me truly & affectly your

     I have to return you my sincere thanks for the articles sent up by Captn Coard all of which I have recd safe. They are such things as are of great value to Town House Keepers it being difficult for them to get such. The Jugs I return.

     I inform'd you sometime ago that the execution agt Wales must issue from the District Court after the next Term and that the credit must then be given.

     I now enclose you a Copy of the Jud[gemen]t of affirmance which will enable you to ascertain the Balance due. I am Sir yr Mo. Ob. Servt

     My opinion upon the case you submitted to me at Fredg has been long since forwarded to you, and it is probably in the post office at Fredg or Culpepper if you have a post to yr County. Should it not have reached you let me know.

Whereas by deed bearing date the 17h day of April in the year of our Lord 1798 between Henry Lee and Ann his wife of the first part, Bushrod Washington of the second part and William Ludwell Lee of the third part; the said Henry Lee and Ann his wife did convey to me the said Bushrod Washington & my heirs amongst other parcels of land all that tract or parcel of land containing twenty eight hundred acres or thereabouts called and known by the name of Hollis's Marsh in the County of Westmoreland which said tract was purchased by the said Henry Lee from Ludwell Lee, Richa