Jefferson Quotes & Family Letters

my dear Dabney

Carrsbrook Feb the 9 1819

I received your letter informing me that Montgomery will ask me $150. this appears to be an extravagant price. Mr Minor is not willing to give it. it would be cheaper t for him to send me in his carriage. you must tell montgomery this Mr Minor would give 7$ a day which is the price in Richmond. they to find [. . .] themselves. it would be hard on Mr Minor to pay this greate price because I go in march you must make the best bargain with him you can & I will have to pay the rest. if montgomery knows that we can go in Mr M.. carriage, he perhaps will not ask so much. you must be perticular in fixing about his paying the tole. leave nothing to dispute about afterwards. I must now request of you to look over my letters if you have them & send me an exact coppy of the Statement that I gave you of my bargain with Mr Minor for the Land. I am under an impression that I am not to give any indulgance on the two last payments the two first I think I was to give 10 months after the first of september 1819 bareing interest on the 10 months. Mr Minor thinks it was 12 months & 12 months on each of the last bareing interest at this rate it would make it one years differance before I should receive the last payment, it would be on Legal interest, but I cannot aggree to that, therefore send me an exact coppy of the statement I sent you. you must let me know on what day the one thousand dollars was paid into the Bank I think he will have to pay me interest on it for one month. this I must have as I have to pay interest on every sum I owe if it is only 50$ and that only due one month.

I think you had better plan your trip so that I shall go in the last week in march as the Roads will be better at that time. you will answer this as soon as you can as I cannot [. . .] make the right to Mr Minor until I hear from you. the writing I have between Mr M. & myself says nothing about indulgance on any payment so that I am quite .¹ but this indulgance was a [. . .] verbal bargain, & I do not want to have any dispute with him.

yesterday was the day for Bankhead’s tryal but there was no Court Jefferson continues very week, tho in no danger Wilson & Margaret have come up they are all at Mr Garrets Jefferson fainted yesterday when they were dressing his their wounds. his Father came up yesterday Bankhead’s Brother & Brother in law or rather his half Brother came up the half Brother is a Lawyer. he has three other Lawyers. it can be proved that B. drew two knives. the one that he drew out first was a large hawk’s bil knife & when Jefferson fell he cut him on the back with that & let it fall. he then drew out the long kife that had a spring & opening that made such a noise that Jefferson thaught it was a pistol. the is greatly against B. but the common people are against Jefferson. people that know nothing of the circomstances. Bank told Mr Garret if he thaught there was any danger of his being sent to the penetentiary he would leave the Country directly, & pay the 500$ that he was bailed for. farewell Robert waits