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a settlement, that I must be answerable for the
former, after deducting the value of those
delivered to her as given by our father, & that the
administrators were accountab[l]e, for the latter,
no part of which that I know of ever came to my
hands. and Mr Waller & I agreed to refer
those matters as well as that relating to the
portion to any two 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 mother's 2500£ sterling, were sufficient
to pay my sisters portion at her marriage,
for Mr Waller admitted me to be no further
chargeable, & if the profits received by the
trustees were sufficient they are to be called
upon for it, & not I. The same gentlemen
are likewise to state & settle the account of
administration, if you will properly call
upon those who transacted it, and
are