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Excerpt from Reply of Robert Wickliffe, to Robert J. Breckinridge
I would also ask the 'surviving certifier, what piece of property, or what suits or other difiicult business has the Rev. Rob't J. Attended to vigilantly'! I answer, not one! But as soon as I finished su'its, he sold and sacrificed his father' s lands, and pocketed or squandered the proceeds. For instance, I recovered for the family two tracts of land 1n Mason - what has become of these lands, or the money received for them? I recovered for them 333 acres of land adjoining the town of Nicholasville. Then worth twenty dol lars per acre, dellars, now worth 80 dollars per acre to the infants, had he not. Sold them, 19, 800 dollars. I deeded to the heirs, 2. 300 acres, extending on the Ohio, from the mouth of Patton's creek up, including Middle creek, then worth now worth to the infants 18, 000 dollars. I recovered for them about 800 acres of land on Harrod's creek, then worth dollars, now worth dollars. I recovered from Ormsby, dollars; from Beall's administrator, s a y dollars; besides the acres of land, then worth say 20, dollars, now worth 40 I recovered for the heirs 365 acres of land, from their aunt Meredith, then worth now worth dollars. What has the gentleman donc with _all this property and all he got hold of by his own vigilance and the vigilant and faithful Counsellors he has paid, while he has left me unpaid, except by abuse? From his own statements, and from what I know, the estate of his father was clear of debt, save Lee's debt, and that the judgment against Ormsby paid. Now how does it happen that h1s sisters children are houseless and homeless inAbout the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
