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of our Assumpsits' being received in Paiment.
I shall see you some Time this Month -
where we can give such orders respecting
the Purchasing, as we approve of. _ The two
thousand acres wch. I desired you to purchase
was to be on our joint accts.; the application
being in consequence of a conversation
wch we formerly had on the Sub[illegible] [illegible]
it would fix the Matter, but as [nothing?] [illegible]
-ing passed between us, you are right to have
it put beyond a Doubt: I wish to have the
certificate, in case you make the Purchase,
as soon as possible. Inclosed is a Letter
from an old Friend of mine, at present
the Governor of the first Magistrate in the
Ilinois Country; he is a Man of Judgment
& Integrity and one on whom I would
as soon rely [deletion] as on any Man. If -
what he says has any Influence on you
in the Purchase, I shall not be dissatisfied
with the Price if it should not amount to
20/. pr acre, but I expect it may be got
much cheaper. When I come down we
may perhaps strike at Charlton and
Southalls, they have 6000 acres lying