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value of my fathers slaves, & a child part of
his personal estate. I admitted her right
to both these was indisputable if her pro
portion of the intestates debts would not
exceed them, & if it should turn out so upon
a settlement, that I must be answerable for the
former, after deducting the value of those
slaves delivered to her as given by our
father, & that the administrators were accoun[t]able
for the latter, no part of which that I know of
ever came to my hands. Upon this we have
agreed to refer the whole matter to any
Five of the council, with power to choose an
umpire, who are to enquire whether the
profits I received of the trust estate, after
maintaining the children & raising my
mothers 2500 £ Sterling were sufficient to
pay my sisters portion after marriage,
(for Mr Waller admits me to be no further
chargeable) & to state & settle the account
of