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New Market sunday morning
March the 2.. 1805

Dear Father

I wrote you two Days ago and should
have postponed writing till the latter end of this week
but being informed by M^r Rootes of circumstan
ces of too serious a nature to us I think it my duty
in communicating them to you he says that
Turner will not pay one shilling of the money
of his Bond because your Brother has mort-
gaged his Land the Mortgage is in Alexan-
-dria which I suppose Turner was ignorant
of that being the case you will not get your
money soon that in Fairfaxes hands you
will not get directly also. he also mentions
that Deganett is urging Hansbrough to bring
the Injunction to an immediate conclusion
that he may pay the Debt as your security
and ultimately get your Lone those
being his intentions I hope you will

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make provision to meet that Claim provided the
the Injunction should be dissolved Your property
through the interposition of M^r. Rootes is not
to be sold Untill Court at which time it will be
positively be disposed of to satisfy Hansbrough.
Thatchers Execution for ^£400 is prior to the execution
of the Deed by which you conveyed your personal property
at this place to us that being the case the Execution
will cover the property I am affraid. If you will
consent to my selling the Tobacco made here and [crossed out, illegible]
appropriating the Rents to the purchase of this
property it will be a very advisable plan and also the
Cormorant Mare. The vast quantity of fine Plank you
own I think had bettter be Disposed of [?]
which you will never make use of. M^r. Burke Rents
300 Acres of our Land at the price of you mentioned 20/ or a bar^rell of corn p^r acre
tomorrow M^r. Coleman is to be here and to draw the proper
instrument of writing it is to be Rented just positively
agreeable to your directions I will write you
more fully on the subject in my next

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Present my best love to George and