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Bethlehem Nov 13th 1831
Dear Brother
Yours of the 2nd inst is received in due time. I have had hard fighting in Fayette. I was obliged to draw my swordcane on Boyd in Levings office at Union and Flanniken was going to Cow hide the Dr --. Things have taken a turn that you are not aware of neither was I till since my last letter. The Superior Court of Ma have decided on a will in every every respect like Fathers that when executors are to make money out of land that the heirs have no claim to the land as land but as money therefore all the Release deeds are good for nothing because they convey that to which the heirs were not entitled according to legal construction. The decision of the Superior Court was on a will I think in Westmoreland Court where the heirs or part of them had hold and the case similar to yours only all concerned were legatees. Huff is counsel Flanniken is a mere blockhead and then Erving is a talented man. I have managed so that you are out of the (----?) [illegible] but I am afraid that I have involved myself very deeply and that it will cost me a good deal of trouble. The Lawyers on both side have decided by reading your article with Huff that you were not bound for anything only your interest in the estate and the interest of the other heirs guaranteed by sd article.
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that no stranger would wish. Huff knows he is done and I hold all the papers. But he is a jockey (tho he will have a good bargain) and would try to get something on his verbal understanding if he could find you in his own County. But if prayed Thos had hay the man almost (shim?) Tracy has all would have been better story old Mr Coleman is dead - Times are hard. Money seems but little fit to trance on.
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You have nothing to fear from Tracy on the Execution only if you were in Fayette in a year or two they might serve papers on you and put you to a kind of inconvenience.
it is very unfortunate that you are sick but I hope you are better by this.
[center address]
(Ver ----)
Nov 14th 1831
Dr. J Townsend
Soudersburg
Lancaster County
Penn
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| Title | Townsend Correspondence 1831 |
| Creator | Townsend Family |
| Date | 1831-11-13 |
| Description | Letter from a brother to John Townsend in Sodersburg, Pennsylvania explaining the execution of their fathers will. John had two brothers, William and Thomas. |
| Object Type | correspondence |
| Format | jpeg |
| Dimensions | 9.3 x 5.8 in. |
| Rights | We have determined this work to be in the public domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright. Users are free to copy, use, and redistribute the work in part or in whole. It is possible that current copyright holders, heirs or the estate of the authors of individual portions of the work, such as illustrations or photographs, assert copyrights over these portions. Depending on the nature of subsequent use that is made, additional rights may need to be obtained independently of anything we can address. |
| Collection | Townsend Family Papers 1826-1914 |
| Language | english |
| Repository | California Room, San Jose Public Library |
| Transcript | Bethlehem Nov 13th 1831 Dear Brother Yours of the 2nd inst is received in due time. I have had hard fighting in Fayette. I was obliged to draw my swordcane on Boyd in Levings office at Union and Flanniken was going to Cow hide the Dr --. Things have taken a turn that you are not aware of neither was I till since my last letter. The Superior Court of Ma have decided on a will in every every respect like Fathers that when executors are to make money out of land that the heirs have no claim to the land as land but as money therefore all the Release deeds are good for nothing because they convey that to which the heirs were not entitled according to legal construction. The decision of the Superior Court was on a will I think in Westmoreland Court where the heirs or part of them had hold and the case similar to yours only all concerned were legatees. Huff is counsel Flanniken is a mere blockhead and then Erving is a talented man. I have managed so that you are out of the (----?) [illegible] but I am afraid that I have involved myself very deeply and that it will cost me a good deal of trouble. The Lawyers on both side have decided by reading your article with Huff that you were not bound for anything only your interest in the estate and the interest of the other heirs guaranteed by sd article. [continues in TFP-004b] [left page] that no stranger would wish. Huff knows he is done and I hold all the papers. But he is a jockey (tho he will have a good bargain) and would try to get something on his verbal understanding if he could find you in his own County. But if prayed Thos had hay the man almost (shim?) Tracy has all would have been better story old Mr Coleman is dead - Times are hard. Money seems but little fit to trance on. ________________________________________________________ You have nothing to fear from Tracy on the Execution only if you were in Fayette in a year or two they might serve papers on you and put you to a kind of inconvenience. it is very unfortunate that you are sick but I hope you are better by this. [center address] (Ver ----) Nov 14th 1831 Dr. J Townsend Soudersburg Lancaster County Penn |
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| File Name | csj-TownsendCorr-005a.jpg |
| Title | Townsend Correspondence, 1831 |
| Creator | Townsend Family |
| Date | 1831-11-13 |
| Description | Letter from a brother to John Townsend in Sodersburg, Pennsylvania explaining the execution of their fathers will. John had two brothers, William and Thomas. |
| Object Type | Correspondence |
| Format | jpeg |
| Dimensions | 9.3 x 5.8 in. |
| Rights | We have determined this work to be in the public domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright. Users are free to copy, use, and redistribute the work in part or in whole. It is possible that current copyright holders, heirs or the estate of the authors of individual portions of the work, such as illustrations or photographs, assert copyrights over these portions. Depending on the nature of subsequent use that is made, additional rights may need to be obtained independently of anything we can address. |
| Collection | Townsend Family Papers 1826-1914 |
| Language | english |
| Repository | California Room, San Jose Public Library |
| Transcript | Bethlehem Nov 13th 1831 Dear Brother Yours of the 2nd inst is received in due time. I have had hard fighting in Fayette. I was obliged to draw my swordcane on Boyd in Levings office at Union and Flanniken was going to Cow hide the Dr --. Things have taken a turn that you are not aware of neither was I till since my last letter. The Superior Court of Ma have decided on a will in every every respect like Fathers that when executors are to make money out of land that the heirs have no claim to the land as land but as money therefore all the Release deeds are good for nothing because they convey that to which the heirs were not entitled according to legal construction. The decision of the Superior Court was on a will I think in Westmoreland Court where the heirs or part of them had hold and the case similar to yours only all concerned were legatees. Huff is counsel Flanniken is a mere blockhead and then Erving is a talented man. I have managed so that you are out of the (----?) [illegible] but I am afraid that I have involved myself very deeply and that it will cost me a good deal of trouble. The Lawyers on both side have decided by reading your article with Huff that you were not bound for anything only your interest in the estate and the interest of the other heirs guaranteed by sd article. [continues in TFP-004b] [left page] that no stranger would wish. Huff knows he is done and I hold all the papers. But he is a jockey (tho he will have a good bargain) and would try to get something on his verbal understanding if he could find you in his own County. But if prayed Thos had hay the man almost (shim?) Tracy has all would have been better story old Mr Coleman is dead - Times are hard. Money seems but little fit to trance on. ________________________________________________________ You have nothing to fear from Tracy on the Execution only if you were in Fayette in a year or two they might serve papers on you and put you to a kind of inconvenience. it is very unfortunate that you are sick but I hope you are better by this. [center address] (Ver ----) Nov 14th 1831 Dr. J Townsend Soudersburg Lancaster County Penn |
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