The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-10-27

7 war! A There was a great deal. . Were
not expeditions againit the Spanih territories q
| very common topic? n. The Spanifll was frr-
aaent!y mentioned at mufers. War was con-
hdrred a. Inevitable; and it ~as faid 10 ne &,
Rated in letters from the commander IN chief on
the Sabins. MIR Barr. Wa; there not gener-
al ardor on the r,IbjeGt, Especially among the
Younger par. of the community? n Therr WAS
l There was great zeal in fotne parts OF the
country. a great many expreiicd willingn.f.
TO join in the war. There are many young men
in Kentucky at any time ready to sngsge in a
~ar that is authorized by the goyernment, aud
! particularly in one with Spain.
C,e'5. E.amiaei.--hr. Hay. Is It cnfomary
in that country to have deeds recorded in no
! tariai office: A Ii is, when the deed is to 20
TO different Rate. MIR. Hay afsed Mr.. NVis K.
I nam if there was any copy of that paper in
court. MIR. Piesb1H. replied that there was
nor. MIR. Kay. AS the paper has been menti-
oncd, II Is better to produce il in court. Mr.
Bxr. IA gentlemen mad iad that my parchafc
of Ouachita land was all pretence, wiiitd I'd
ihow that money hid been paid on that tSinl-
acton. did not come here With my deed To
eitah'ifh title. Mr.. l{eRae to MIR. Rpdley.
Did you fee TIE deed? A I law the original.
II is now record, and Irecoliea its contents.
Mr.. keRae. How much land was this decd
for! a ] am not certain about the number OF
acres; but the impreiiion on my mind is, that
1t was FOR 100000 acres. Mr. Hoy. Did you
not underfand from tue parties that the period
had expired for complying with the conditions
OF Batrop's grant under!tood that it
! had been 70 from a default of the government,
hut that it had af: Forwards renewed the grant
| Q Was this tranfaSiion with you before or af-
ter Judge Todd was coniuted a 1t WAS one
orstwo years after the conlultaton. dir H-r.
Did you fee the original Spauiih, grant? a !
an not certain. l bw many papers recorded
| IN my Office, but | am not certain whether that
was aiming them. faw copy in the hands
of col Lynch. Mr., Har. Did col Lynch ever
'how any grant transferring Baftsop's title to
| him! Al do not think he did. NrJIfrt
On whom were the drafts on New York drawn
A On George NJ. . Sden.
| Mr. Burr. Had we any conversations about
| a Mexican expedition A Yes; frequently
and frequently he fpoke about Sbarilh war.
He fpckc teveral times OF this fubi,d to me
and others. iie'ihought, if there was, any war
with Spain, that il was the intere.t OF the y. S.
| to carry an expedition INTO Mexro. lie laid
hat he himie!f would willingly engage, and afked
! me, whether meu could be g3t in Kentucky to
embark III it. ltold him, thought they could.
AIR H..y. Did you make any CONTRACT with col
Barr toT -four? a He iaid, that he expected
To iette Inc OracE,ta land, aud in the event of
! = l.
eaintt the Spai,iar,!s; and that then be would
take from me any quantity of -Four, rot exceed
ing two boat loads.
! CoL.CHAELEs LYNCH.
| Mr.. Barr. VIII you relate whether pur-
chaied my land of vol, and how much? A.
1 Yes. You purchaied my intereit in Batrop's
grant, wherein was about three hundred aud
| fifty thouiand acres. '1 'F--'
Mr.. Barr Did pay you any money? A.
Yes; abont four or Fl We thou!and dollars. Mr..
Burr. Did you uppote the three hundred and
nifty thouIand acres was executive of L'vington's
claim , a will explain. l claimed uuder
Morshoufe aud ALTO purchaled mortgage of
! Stephen Wartz. | found that Ed yard Lying
9H he'd d' RsFfhagks1d ap 58ps sotgage
about tocommeuce Que againft LiyiDgftou, but
/ parchaled him out. Under that compromifc
] was entitled to about ieven hundred thouiand
acres. The furvey was made aud marked upon
! the grant. was entitled to fix tenths and ne
TO four tenths of the whole grant of two G We
hundred thouiand acres. M Eur. Was tia
/ :epaTate or j1iht intereit of mine? a Aj6nt
inefeft.s Mr. Barr. Was TO fettle what YOU
owed to Livinglon /? Al That was my obiea
! IN telling. ~ , ~" --.t Ct'- 1-'''
! Mf. Hay. Had you fuit with Livingston Z
"A No ! was about to- commence fut, but
we compromised. agreed TO give him thirty
! t'i'Aid'!b HOid'h !Oi uCH ''iCt
! isIorehoue. Col Burr was 10 pay Livingito on
the amount Of roy purch.fe Of him he alto
| paid me four Or five thoufand dollars Ia money,
and was TO take MP certan paper which va u
ed at'thirty thoniaud dollars more. Mr.. Mo
! Rae Did YOU receive any drafts from col.
| Barr? a Yes Q On whom were they drawn
| A On Mr. Ogden of New York. mir MeRas
| Had you any grant conveying an abfolute title I?
| "A IN 1896 the petition was preiented by Bdf-
! trop; In 1897, BdRrop was to furni!h 500
! families, the government to find them in provj-
| ions for Tx months: but it osing incoRvenient
| To the government 10 ftnnifl the proviiions, a
letter of Office was given to Bifrop, by he
Baron dc C4rondoet, 10 difpsu!e with The pccef-
ii.y of Introducing the families. 9 VIII you
{ tate The various proceedings which have taken
place on this grant 4 fr1, tb&re was the
petition, then tbs faryey, upon thai The patent,
aud then Tbs letter OF Office. Mr. Burr Did
! you get The opinion OF James Brown as 20 the
validity of Brtrop'i graft a Yes, and Of
Mr. Galley toe. Thsy both fad the title was
good. ..
! Mir. MeRre. Do you fuppo(e there is no ne
| cefYity 90 carry families ,hsrc noa for the pur-
lpofe of fdving tbe iiiie? a No; no: now.
! CD Burr. Have y0u tnY account of the nature
of the foil and vaut OF the ind ineludedin the
| grant A J have been ga the lani, and fpeut
lev, raj daysiu exploring H. l have = certificate
with me hgped by fcyeral Respectable geotie.
men, ltating It to be very yalnatlt. QIere col
LYNCH produced the certificate. Mr.. Hny.
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