think of , as he so stated to me on his return, & we forwarded the notes to our friend D. G. Whitney Esq at with instructions to call on you but if you could not conveniently pay, by no means to press the payment, & the first intimation I had of the delay you claim was from him— I have known too long to suppose that he would knowingly misrepresent the case, neither do I suppose that you would do it, but you could not I think have understood each other & I had supposed that after his interview with you at the time he took the note signed by the Messrs Ivins. I supposed you did <​not​> claim any more than the two years indulgence for the interest— I did not understand your brother to claim it— I repeat so far from wishing to crush you, you have not a stronger advocate in the Eastern states & hundreds of times in steam boats & other <​public​> places have I heard him bear testimony to the correct conduct of your people & that in no city had he ever seen so quiet a population at the same time so industrious & where a stranger would be treated with more respect— He has spread your persecutions in before the public in the most glowing colors & has often declared in presence of the members of the Presbyterian Church here (a very respectable Church) that he did not believe their Church contained any more sincere Christians than the at — I have uniformly read your paper (the times & seasons) in my Counting room to large numbers & always keep them on my desk in my Counting room where they a[re] read daily by many persons & you may rest assured that your denomination of Christians are not viewed with that contempt that some eastern editors would make you believe so far as my acquaintance extends & public opinions is setting in your favor & will continue to do so as long as your conduct as a body is correct— They will look more to your moral conduct than to your religion— Could you have witnessed s regrets on learning from your letter the deaths that had taken place I think you would have supposed he had some feeling for some of you. For a length of time, after noticing this, he apparently lost sight of the business contents of the letter— I think one reason why you cannot so readily sell the lands purchased of us, is, because the title is not complete untill you can get a deed from us, & which in my opinion is quite desirable— left his note against the Messrs Ivins, with a friend to negotiate in , as Mr was absent on a visit to & was also disappointed in finding him absent although it was no fault of as he did not know that would call on him— He <​​> is absent from home much of his time on business, & it was with much difficulty he could get time to go to — I think we mentioned to your & [p. [3]]