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no expenses he was bound to have his part of the corn and that I could have the cotton &c; that if he owed more, there was the law – I could sue him! but he meant to have his bread. I replied, - he should have all he was entitled to; that the corn had all been measured and scored by his partner Ian Burt as well as by my agent; that we did not know how much cotton would be made as it ginned, but he knew as well as I that he would get all he was entitled to; that I intended the corn should be put in my crib. Moses then determined to go to Raleigh & get justice-as he said. Although longer detained than I expected when