Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-08-15
i lam estates OF my grandfather Hoping that yos
WI reply to This letter without delay,
L am, SIR,
Your obt. servant 49,.
DR. hLn ,Siinhnn,,


iothis letter never received any answer
The public may wel conceive that this explan,,l
on u very Unpleasant to me tut the ,r1e,c;less J
.ors nave driven me tot by their caumnies The,
testimony which gave with respect to the hand
wriung OF my mother YVES no way connected viii,
tue bond 1t was given at different time upon some
scrutiny OF her Signature The Hammond spoken
OF, vas, IN the sequel condemned TO labor at tho
~heetbarrow: but this punishment was Subsequent
" committed for punishment from the state The
chancellor as have understood, fnally deoreed in
favor oil Saunders against Simpson.
JOHN 2. CoLvIN OF lawful age produced and
sworn on the part of the complainants
Answersto the lst fpterroeatory
Th.t he doth know DIR. John Simpson The ,lscen.
dart la this cause.
: II Arswer, That he knows the said John sm,,.
Eon thr defendants hand writing
sd Answer, That exhibit No. X. now she4sn 20
this deponeut IS in the proper baud writine of John
Simpson, the defendant in this cause and the name
John Simpson thereto subscribed is the hand y,ri
ting OF the said John Simpson, that the said John
simpson acknowledged TO this deponent that he had
written and executed the said exhibit No " THIS
is the Bond
18th, Answers. That exhibit No. Y. is better
written and sent by John Simpson to this dcponents
that the said letters In the hand writing and signed
BY the said John Simpson the defendant that tie
sud exhibit WAS answer to a letter written by-
this deponent To said John Simpson, wherein tins
deponcnt oilers to return him the bond or exhibit
~ n vi payment Of two hum
dred dollars cash.
sth, Answers, The exhibit No 2 now shewu TO
this deponent is letter from said John Simpson IN
this deponent; that the said letter exhibit No IS
Ia the hand writing and subscribed by the said john
Simpson that the said exhibit No. z is an answer
TO letter written by this deponent to said John
Simpson wherein lac informed him, that he this de-
ponent did intend to dispose OF his the said John
Simpsons bond or exhibit No. X, and a. this depo-
nent did suppose il would he an advantage TO said
Simpson, offered him said Simpson the preferences
in the purchase of the bond or exhibit No X; that
this defendant, from the improper conduct of said
John Simpson, in writing the exhibit No. z and
with the appreciation OF his mother the sand Priscilla
Scott did deliver the said papers to the complains
ant Robert Saunders.
John q. Cofrin of legal age produced
& sworn on thep part ofthe compliments, and
| being duly sworn,
Answers to the 1st interrogatory, that he
| hath never seen the exhibit A A No be-
fore, that the same is in the hand writing of
John Simpson the defendant as he believes.
| Cd, Sd and 4th Hath no knowledge.
5th, That as far as this deponent hath un-
| derstood and from general report, the char
| acter of Adm. G.. Hammond is very bad.
| 9th, Answers, Abm. G.. Hammond is said
| to be the husband OF Mary Hammond, for
merry Mary Lynchfeld, and mother of Eli
| 1abeth Sim psen wife Of the defendant John
| Simpson.
9TH, This deponent hath seen Priscilla
Scott write her name and knows her manner
of writing her name, it being particularly bad
and that this deponent is the son of said Pri-
scilla Scott.
9Th, This deponent cannot positively say
that the signature Priscilla Scott is not the
hand writing of the said Priscilla Scott this
defendants mother, but he never saw her
commit an error such as appears in the said
signature that the only reasons he has to be-
lieve that the said signature is not the hand
writing Of the said Priscilla Scott, are, that
the letter is wanting in the word Scott and
that the same is not crossed, and that the ge-
neral shape and make of the letters conpos-
ing the word PricilEa are not like the gene
raj signature ofhis mother Priscilla Scott, and
that if the said signature is the hand writing
of the said Priscilla Scott, she must have been
under some perturbation of nind-that the
certificate at the bottom of the said exhibit
is in the hand writing of John Simpson, and
the signature of G. Hammond is in the hand
writing of the said Abraham George Ham
] mond.
9th. This interrogatory answered in the
first.
EXHIBIT No. Y.
Dear ST.,
received a letter from you by last mail
which l assure you surprized me very much.
Had you considered me one of the most un-
principled scoundrels in the world you could
not have wrote to me more suspicionsly, and
altho' we are not very well acquainted yet
i hope you would have thougiIS better of me
than to suppose was not sincere IA the case
of that bond. / never thought, nor DO
think yet, but what it is perfectly valid as il
/ is; it is only on contingent circumstances
that it ever becomes payable, and on them
circumstances taking place it shall be posi-
lively paid-when my word has been seril
ously passed no person existing can point
a case, where have FOL feted it, and altho'
you had nothing but my bare word, you
would be as certainly secure as to renew
ing the bond you mentioned have not the
least objection, and shall do it as soon as |
am in Baltimore, which ] expect will be ve-
~ shortly. As to che latter part of your re-
quest about advancing money on it, It is to-
} tally out OF my power, for although / have
sold some land, and have formed a contract
former, yet sell IN such a manner thar get
no more money in hand, than Is sufficient "a
meet contracts already entered into, and
am no spectator, therefore the interest Of il
is my (no) object. Please to accept my wish
es for your happiness in your late marriage,
and believe me to be with perfect sincerity
your friend.
J. SIMPSON,
| SbHhensbuyy, Aag. I'm 1901
Mr.. JoHE b. GOWN,
Baitimorc.
EXHIBIT No. q.
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