William Eaton letter to Hartwell Marable : manuscript fragment

Eaton has received Marable‘s instructions regarding Williamson‘s mill. Williamson is willing to pay should he overflow any more of your land and is pleased to find Marable so friendly. Eaton hopes to settle Marable‘s affairs shortly. “… I have only to add that missing of a crop last year occasioned by th[e] fresh, has put it out of my power to discharge my debts this Fall, and as the merchants at Petersburg with whom I deal, seem much inclin‘d to have payment, should you think it proper to lend me one or two hundred pounds on interest for one or two years …”