Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-04-17

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his projects: But he was still reserved.
After dinner they returned and whilst in
the carriage, Henry tells deponent, " that
ne has great confidence in him that he
(deponent) has been here some time, and
asks his opinion of Mr.. Monroe" Depo-
nent answers, that he was very little ac-
qnainted with any body, but thought Mr..
~sionroe a most virtuous and respectable
man. Depaneut remained several days
without hearing any thing more, until one
morning, at seven o'clock, Henry came
INTO his apartment and said, "Crilon /!
you must sell me St. Martial" Can es-
tate OF the deponent, in Lebeur, near the
Spanish frontier you have the title
papers with YOU; my uame will be rescu-
ed from oblivion by living near CyiAon, the
habitstlon OF your ancestors, and of man
who has been my friend" Deponent an
.wered that he had no objection and if
Henry on seeing the property, was not ga.
ushed, he would give orders to his agent
IN France to cancel the bargain. The con-
veyance was accordingly made.
"Deponent landed at Boston, Deem.
Der twenty.four, one thousand eight hun
dred and eleven staid there about ten or
twelve days; visited Governor Gerry
twice.
Deponent left Boston in the public
stage /; Henry was also a passenger: But
at New.Haveu, deponent took q private
carriage to himself"
The fact of Crlllon's having received a
letter from governor Gerry, is stated on
the authority OF member of the commit
tee of Foreign Relation.-s. is also the
fact of C%rillon's having dined with the Pre-.
sident
No. -7omhason's Certificate.
hereby crRTIFT- That Captain Henry
arrived at my house (the City Hotel. in
Washington,) the 31st day of January last,
as appears by the entry of hi. name made
by himself in my Register, and that he left
it the next day.
B. II. TOMLINSON.
Washington March eth, 1912.
No. 3-Davis's Letter.
Sikh answer to your ~intcrrogstions
can only say, that about the 29th or 3oth oil
January last, one Count de Crillon, sen,
his servant to engage lodgings for a gentle.
man of his (Counts) acquaintance, whom
he expected from Baltimore. On the 1st
of February, me Count accompanied by
Mr.. Henry, came to my house the for
mcr asked if his servant had engaged two
rooms here Being answered in the afir-
NATIVE, they came In. Or the Sunday fol.
lowing, Mr.. II. invited his Spanish
Friend" to dine with him their CONVEX.
sation was all in French for the reason, as
Mr.. II afterwards told me, the Count had
but an imperfect knowledge of the English
language The Count seldom or never
failed visiting him every day-seemed the
only acquaintance he had here.--Mr. III.
frequently dined and supped in the City.
seemed to be like that OF other literary men:
reading and writing.
Mr.. II. left US on the morning of the nth
went in the stage for Baltimore. have
no reason to bellows he has been in the Dis
trict since, though he said he expected to
be back ia about a week.
Yours &c.
EDWARD DAVIS.
March cath, 1912.
No. 4.
This is on the authority of member of
the committee of Foreign Relations, as
having been stated to the committee by the
secretary of state.
No 5.-Romuius Riggs Certificate.
CERTIrr-That on the morning of the
18th OF February, 1912, | took a seat in
the stage from Georgetown for Baltimore
the stage left Crawford's early in the
morning, and we called at the house of Mr..
Davis in Georgetown, a few doors below
the Stage. Ohce, and there took in a pas
seuger, who was the now celebrated John
Henry-his name was not entered in the