Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1841-10-22
WIsETowN, September l2, lS41.

My Dear Sir: have thought it right
10 lei you know Of some transactions in
which ] have been engaged, and in
which, as now believe, your name has
been most improperly made use Of, and
your writing forged | enclose you a
letter which, when first saw it, | be-
lievsd to be your hand writing, but
which now believe to be forgery.
Some time last spring, while | was
living al AIthorp, | received a letter
from person who signed himself Nun
roe Edwards, enclosing the letter which
herewith transmit to you He stated
that you had given him letter of in
PRODUCTION TO Lord Brougham as we'll as
this one to myself that he had made
use OF the letter to Lord Brougham when
he first arrived in England, and that
Lord Brougham having done for him
every thing he wished, he had not
thought it necessary 10 trouble me with
this letter But that now he was in a
great difficulty, Lord Brougham was
abroad, which knew 10 be the case
that neither the American minister, Mr..
Stevenson, nor any other Of his fellow
countrymen would assist him because
they we're so hostile to his object about
the negroes, to which allusion is made
in the enclosed letter, and that he was
actually without a (arthing to pay his
lodgings or TO carry him and son OF
his he had with him home to New Or
leans. He therefore sent me your let.
ter, and asked me to lend him two hun
dred aRd fifty pounds; offering as Sc
curity certain bonds and receipts upon
some bank in the United States. As TO
these securities, thought very little
about them. but ! concluded they were
good, as they were offered by (reno
Of yours. Now this story was very
plausible one, with the exception Of the
assertion that Colonel Edwards fellow
countrymen would not assist him. But
thought it very probable that you
would give any friend Of yours about
whom you were interested letter OF
introduction to Lord Brougham, and !
hoped it was not very improbable that
you might also give him a letter OF in
PRODUCTION to me. accordingly refer
red Col. Edwards 10 my solicitor in Lon
don, and sent up this letter purporting
TO be from you. Ny solicitor took the
letter TO Messrs Barring, who said they
knew your handwriting perfectly we'll,
and was sure the letter was a genuine
one. | have said | cared very little
about Col. Edwards securities, but felt
that should behave very i'll 10 you II |
permitted "a valued friend" Of yours 10
be arrested when | could avert it by a
loan Of two hundred and fifty pounds.
Twill, indeed, say more, that should
have thought it not very credllable to
my country il such o friend of yours
could have been so treated without any
one of US coming forward to help him.
/ accordingly advanced The money. My
solicitor taking all the legal securities
that we're possible, and among others,
receiving certificate from The AmerI-
can consul that Col. Edwards was The
real bearer Of that name.
COL Edwards promised to repay me
during this month of September, saying
tha, he took so long a period in order
10 be quite certain that he should have
arrived al New Orleans T. been able C
transmit the money TO the day. | fell
myself quite sure Of repayment till abou
three weeks or a month ago, when my
solicitor received letter from Col. Ed
wards, at PhiIadel phla, not written in
his own hand, but only signed by him
saying that having had business 10 trans
ACT in London. he had employed a per
son by the name Of Justin, an English
man, to transact it for him; that will
this view he had put his papers int
the hands Of this Justin, and sendinJ
my solicitor copy Of this letter pur
portng to be from Justin to him. Col
Edwards, 10 which he tells him that h,
had absolutely abstracted certain se
curilies from these papers, and had upoI
them borrowed two hundred and fit!
mounds from my solicitor, but making n
mention of the letter purporling 10 b
yours at all. Justin saying that wit
this fraudulent object he had personsle
Col. Edwards This confess appeare
to me rather suspicious. accordingI
spoke TO Brougham, when found hi
slory about Justin was pure invention
that Col. Edwards had really been here
that he had presented TO him a letter G