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scarcely able to ride on Horseback. I went to see him & she assured me of the fact and says that she can establish the fact by good witnesses that he did not pay he [[her]] any more than $50, remarking to her, that was the amount due her then, on her Husband's wages, but there would be more coming. She, after learning what was due her, profered to leave my expenses to Coving & back & pay me a liberal fee to attend to the matter. I informed her that she would have to go with me as they would pay to none but the applicant. We went to Covington & found Genl Burlridge in the office of Genl. Runkle, but he was abcent from home & would be for about a week. Genl.. Burlridge was very polite to us, excuseing himself on the score of the mistake if [strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] the facts were as Mrs Anna Jameson represented; but that on his return home he had settled up with Genl. Runkle and had handed over to him all the funds he had left. & all the vouchers he had taken, and that Runkle had them in his possession and was not accessable to him, assureing me that as soon as Runkle returned that he would overlook the settlement & if he found any mistake or discrepency in his payments &c he would write to me immediately. I received a letter some three weeks thereafter from him, saying that he had investigated the matter but was unable to find any mistake.