Letter to Spotswood W. Corbin, 1860

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English.

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Written from the Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. Letter regards legal matters.

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Observatory

My dear Mr. Corbin,

Lewis Walker in Rives' neighborhood wants to sell his farm so Frank Minor tells me-

I think you would do well as soon as you get Mr. Burton underway to mount yr horse and ride up to Lewis Walker's. Go up to Nelson & Amherst- also in the lower countrylook at places- let it be known that you want to buy land- and then when you do sell you can have your eyes open.

Think you had better do that at once i.e. as soon as you set Mr. B. to work for the May term. it's an important matter take a month or six weeks for the trip. Nannie can come to us. On horseback the trip can cost you very little. Any idea of duty as a trustee should not interfere with such a trip. Tell Nannie we all go down to the General's today.

Is not yr Father the guardian of K & J till they come of age? And can the court appoint one without his request?

All well & good here. In haste. Yrs truly,

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Correspondence

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