Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-07-01
Wiiness my hand aud seal. Goth June, 1925.
JOHN II. EATON.
WAsIIINeros Cry.

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Til. instrument signed J. II Eaton aud
Witnessed be ! u Henshaw aud myself was
executed aud signed by mc ~ witness at the
time II was dated--lt sn correct copy OF the
original.
RS. BglsCoE:
Lieutenant Robert u Randolph states that
the amount OF money received by him. left by
MI. lsnbstlhkn wns upwards Of eleven thou
sand dollars, of the amount ot which he has
private mem orandum, and that he never re
oeived from those who counted the money, or
others. any inventory or memorandum OF the
amount OF money or public property loli nv NJ
Inbnlske Ills memorandum is dated ala
March, 1923 rhls money he paid away ~
discharge ol Mr. JhnhfrlnAe's debts. All the
mcn discharged AZ Pot Mahun ant entered up
on limhetis is'. pay roll, ware pad oa, oi this
money. All The men discharged thcft, We're
dischargod upon IimhcIhkes pay roll. lie
paid othcf debt, of Undertake nt Fort hnhon,
hnt does not rscollect 10 whom his account
cafrrnt viii shaw. Ilmbeflnkes mohey was
an exhausted nj por, Ahhon, and To pay OF the
| ships bill. he had 10 borrow thousand dollars
q Pun Mahon ~ the Dutch Consul All the
papers Of iimhe,lake, pubhc and private we've
mixrd Together and Wrtc put IN tho iron chest
o. the arrival of the ship N Boston. hepaehod
! all IA So pnpers in "A trunk, Sc hilh he brought
! 10 Wts5lnet IL aud delivered 10 / Wa hius.
| fnut Auditor. lie Afterwards, in company
VIII NJ. o Meal, selected ,he private papeta, n
gave u Hr. q Nral 81 NJ. Iunbrrlnkr,he does
not tncnllect which, Nj. Undertakes private
account book. covered with red MOROCCO. be
gave 10 MIS-. Imbetlake. himself lie saw
none Of the private lcttors they were nut np
| ii several packets, tied with Iediape and seal
ed aud were endorsed private letters, IN Mr..
H.
OF Mr.. rmberlalse's seal, except that he had
one--ncve, Jaw ii -mong his papers tia, he
rerollects.
! lie had nothing 10 do with lunbcrlako's
Stops he never used or issued any al them.
They were all surveyed aud returned 10 the
public stores at Boston.
None oil Ma, Undertakes dcbts ut Gibraltar
were p I'd out of the money lclt by him they
were all paid out OF muuuy drawn from the
agent thrrc
lie knows nothing ~ relation 10 the mutt
nion OF Nh. Iimberlakc's letter book he does
not recolori ever 10 haye seen II among Ia Is
papers.
rmhe,lake's last book. in which he kept
the officers private account, he has no ioool.
lection ol ever seeing. lie cannot tell ~hnt las
become OF 1t.
No inquiry was made Of him IN rotation To
limberlakr's money or pfoporty, by the Fourth
Auditor or any OF MS clerks, N the settlement
al his accounts. md he does not recolleet 10
have he1ld any thing about II nor WIS the eS-
istrnce Of any inventory ever mentioned 10
him IN the office. Nor dad he ever hear IN the
Office Of any private lettels from Major Eaton,
or olhrrs, found among the papers OF Mi.
=, fimbcTlnlSc.
nus Ear this statement WIS made IN thn pre-
sence of The fouBh Auduor, Second Comp
IIDIlst "A "A 4 laiIulutlaro ltan,r.nn Z. da
by the Gr,t oaned, read 10 Lieutenant Run
dolph, aud by him assented TO as eorreef, on tho
l2Ih Of February, 1850.
On The 18th. Llru,epnnt Randolph, called on
the Fourth Auditor and IN reply tot question,
stated, that none Of Nj, Iimboflake's private
stores were sold 10y him th8t the chest CON
iamlng his goods was nailed up nj tho time oi
his death. aud not opened unti the ship
arrived IN Boston, where they were oponed
and sold by order Of the Navy Department.
1t l.. A. I. Valleilr states that, after The
1rhil Of Nj. llnbcrlakr, he received "A verbal
order from Com. Patterson 10 lave lnVruio-
ries fnlten Of all property lcfi by him on board.
public aud private he gave 10 Mr.. Rnndolph,
and ne thlnl,s Mr.. Amnsa Pane. Mr. Lord. and
proximity, MI No,uan directions 10 take the
inventories aud nj the snme tune gave Nj
Raoaolph the KEY Of Mr.. 1imbeflakes iron
chest which he hadfeceiyed nom Com Pat
ierson ; invenio, les uf Nj Is cloihlngt anu
certain articles thai he had purchased for his
wife aud family, werr gwen IL hm tVhlctte)
winch hr nov produces he did not SEE tho IN
vrntoties Of Mr.. lumhoilakrs money, stops
aud stores bat he always understood that
such were taken, aud supposed that they were
IN the possession On Of NJ. Randolph. aud u
ropy forwarded 10 the Fourth AGdifof's
s,4 1. r al. II,
ucy was given 10 hint which he give to Com.
Patterson ; but he DOES not rrc 'llect the n
mount There was considerable Hmo0nt oil
gold ia tie non, chest, and there were two box
; - Of Spanish dollars said to contain two thou
, | sand dollars each, aud aunthnr boz, part oi
winch hal boon used. lie recoeCts that Nh.
Knndolph told hin one OF tie boxes fen short
twenty dpllar.. Nj, Rdndolph recently told
him ~ Philadelphia, that there were upwards
of eleven thousand dotlars 0f the money.
There Was u large cheat containing shirts
vests, anh other articles, brlnnging To Nr
> Iimberlake which " delivered Ia Mr.. Ran
dplph, md kept open by hun Tor sale Ol the AZ
ticIas IN charge of Mr.. Norman and Mr. /
had also, Al the time OF his death, II variety o
small stores for sale 10 the men board all
Of y hich were delivered 10 Mr.. RaUdolph. None
al the. u were Included ia the inventories pro-
dueed 10 him, n1r doeo br know that they we're
, ever accounted lor. liz Coy, form no opinion
, of the value Of these auIclss. Hss has ne
+ knowIedge, nor did he ever hear On sonrd ina
Mr.. Randolph paid any OF the sums entered on
. Imbe,iake's payroll cos'ng On tue Bis
, March, 1928, nor did he near OF Mr.. kandoip'-
pHying any debt Whatever Of Mr. Timber.
: laae's at Port Mahon. He docs not kno"
+. what vas done with spge dollar Of The
,nonry lett by Mr.. I:mbefaae 0" pubic az
count.
. Al Of Mr. Tlmberdaos papels public nnl
t private. were let 10 the care Of Mr. Randolph
0 tie thinks he saw, before the ship arrived 1t
+ the United Saes, packets Of papers tied N
b and marked private. but does not recoliec
. whuther'they were under seal or not. lie hat
c an oval brass seal engraved Tor Mr. Timber
lake, about year before his death, with hi
g Initials. upon II, bat does aot know what be
) came Of II. Mrs. Eatoa feceniy told him sb
+. had it. lie has no knowledge that Randolp