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timber, will and fencing were utterly destroyed by the war, before John C. Wise's death, after the evacuation of Norfolk by the Confederate forces. The widow, Ann F. Wise, is now endowable of the land only as at the time when her husband died; and not as at the time  of the purchase by Parker and myself. And the purchasers, Parker and myself, are not bound for the $4666 2/3 balance of the purchase money, because John C. Wise and wife have never conveyed the dower and the fee simple title to us - When, or if the heirs-at-law of J.C. Wise convey the legal title, the value of the dower must be deducted from the purchase money. 

Besides this, after Parker and myself purchased the land, then without a barn upon it, we jointly expended from $8000 to $10000 in new buildings, inclosures, fencing and other improvements thereon, and the dower interest is thereby greatly enhanced in value, and the estate of J.C. Wise more than compensated the note a rent of the balance of $4666 2/3. A large addition, after the purchase by Parker and myself, was made to the dwelling house, with a new kitchen, colonade and pantry; a new, Overseer's,