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2. When it was instituted, and so far as Davis' heirs
are concerned, for what purpose,

3. Whether process has been duly served on the heirs,
and the suit revived as to such as are dead &c.

4. Whether answers appear to have been filed by or
for any of the heirs, & if for any, for which, and
are they in person, or by guardian ad litem.

5. What grounds, generally, do those answers take.

I am thus particular, because none of
the heirs, with whom I can now advise, knew, or at
least can remember anything, whatsoever of
the demand, or the suit, and it seems to them
not only unfounded, but strangely stale and antiquated.
The late Prof. Davis, who was principally
interested, & had facilities not possessed by
any of the survivors, may perhaps have been ac-
quainted with the fact of the assertion of the claim
and, possibly, adopted measures to repel it.

I do not wish to incur the expense of copies of
the papers above referred to, because I do not know,
as yet, whether there is an interest to justify it, but
whatever reasonable charges shall attend the
communication of the intelligence I wish, either on
your part, or Mr Wright's, will be immediately remitted.

I owe you an apology for thus obtruding my-
self, stranger as I am, upon you, but and I know
not to whom else to address myself, I hope I
shall have your indulgence, and that I shall be
favoured by you or Mr Wright, with an early reply.