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in his manners_ but a man remarkable for his
credulity & weakness in many respects_ I really
did not know how to treat him, or respond
to his applications_ I however in a short time, said
to him "I do not know Sir, that you or I have any
right to interfere with the business of Thos. T. and
his wife_ I presume they are very competent to
manage it for themselves"_ He insisted upon
my going to his house to see them, on the subject
which I peremptorily declline. Mr Campbell
left & shortly afterwards, a servant came with
a message from Caroline, that she wanted
to see me, at her room_ I went immedi-
ately [immediately] to Mr. Cambells where I found her sitting
up, elegantly dressed, & looking better than she
had for weeks_ Her husband & Mr Campbell
were in the parlor, as I passed in, she appeared
to be crying_ As soon as I was seated Caroline
said to me - "Col. T. I am glad you have come
Mr. Campbell appears to be almost out of his sen
ses [senses], he told me he had been at your office, and
requested you to come up, & have things corrected
I expect (she said) he has done Mr. Taul (her
husband) great injustice, & that is the reason
that I sent for you_ I want you to know the
truth about this business_ She then said "It has
been altogether my work, to have the title to the
Lot so fixed, that Mr. Taul, shall have the en
tire [entire] benefit of it, if he services me. He is not
able to pursue his profession, or I should feel no
uneasiness on his account. His health is gone, and
whether I live, or die, I want him to spend the
next Winter in Cuba. Without the Lot, he would
might not have sufficient means to enable