The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-04-15
WHcLE NO. 627..

answer some pi them are and sOmo
are not. Some Of these applications,
conidihed d humber of tracts. When
the purchaser did no, get The land which
he had applied for, and the application
contained some tract or tracts which he
did not get then, new applications were
made ont for such tract or tracts as he
did bid of, in order 10 have the applica.,
tions correspond with the affilayits aud
reccip's. ..'- ad'
Qleslion. Have you any means Of
telling The quantity Of land with accuracy
which Wtles and his men applied lor ia,
their original application! ~
Answer. have not.
Question: WHY are you Unable 10
tell from the records and papers in tho
office?
Answer. When new applications we're
t!ldc oHt, as stated in ihe answer to
question Gl, the old ones We're destroyed.
Question. Were they destroyed, all
Of them, before Mr.. Gibson left for
Columbus? r....
| ANSWER. i lhlnk ihey were. t..f
Question. Were certificates of pu.>
chase made out On these afIidaviis and
sales!
Answer. There were.
Question. What was done with lhem:
Answer. They were left here in III.
cfflce where they are now.
Question. Did not Mr.. Gibson or
WcIles take them TO Toledo? ....
Answer. have no 4kno noSledgc of
Gibson or WelIes taking them to Toledo.
Question. When were they made QUIT!
Answer do not know whether they
were made cut that day or the day after.
They were made oul in connection with,
others.
Question. When were the certificates
of purchase made ou, for James Cheney
and Samuel Paul? b. l...t. -t.,T
Answer. AT or about the same time.
Question. When were they delivered
to the purchasers? A@
Answer They have never been de-,
livered. They are still in the office,
having never been called for. II /
Question. What did you understand
by that clause in Gilsou's letter in which
he says "Cheney has paid for his pur-
chase. S. Paul's is also arranaed?m n
Answer. | understood they bad been
paid for since he had left; and that I
slnuldldelver them if called for. wi
QUESTION. Was you Instructed not TO,
deliver them until you heard from him,
befure he left? IL uas W f:bo OH
Answer. There was no direc. iny,ruc.
llon as | remem5er, but that was the
view took Of my duty in the matter.
Question. ( Was il The expectaiion,'
when q lson left, that the purchase of
Welles and his men would be paidIor
arranged? @ .s sa, IN ,.ao.s
Answer. II was. .I.i .,.fsa..ar ,llrrrs
Question. When and how was you,
informed thai they were not and would
not be paid for from Mr.. Gibson? et
Answer, The first notice had Of
the matter from Gibson was his letter,
copied above, Of the date of January 3d.
@ Qleslon. Was that also the Fl ST
communication from him which informed
you that Cheney had paid for his, and s.
Paul had arranged his? j. srrg sat
Answer. think il was. rr
Question, Do you know any thing
howyS, Pants were atfanged: w2t
Answer. J do not.
Question. Do you know of S. Paul
going to Culuhbds for iha, purpose, OF
OF his going there at all?
Answer. do rot.
Question. Has he not been here and
at Bryan, or in this part Of the State,
ever since ellison left?
Answer. lie has been here occa-
sioraIy. do not know where he may
have been during the time. but ! suppose
at Bryan.
Question. Do you know OF any per>
sons coming 10 The Office 10 purchase
land previous TO the Is, of January last,
who were advised by the commissioner
TO wait unil after the lst of Januaryy
Answer. have no recollection Of
any such cases. eotas o.,,f
Question. were there persons who
applied for purchase of land between the
Sd and the 9Th, the day the sales were
opened on the Welles land2 laa
Answer. There were.
Question. Did you, during tina. time,,
refuse 10 .s,l the Wclles, Cheney or
Paul purchase, or either Of them:
Answer. ] did
Question. How soon after the sales
were closed on the Sd did Mr.. Gibson
leave for Columbus:
Answer. think he left on the 5th.
Question. Who has had the entire
care and management Of the Office since
he left! " -
Answer. have had. '
Question. Have you received occa>
sonal Instructions from him by letter
since lie le.l? @ ..N
Answer. think the letters already
copied smbrace all the instructions be
has piven ma in rnlatinh 70 the office