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determine. Jany 3 1862. Thomas Hatcher" Alvis executed a trust deed, conveying the same land, recorded in Chesterfield to secure the payment of these bonds in which the above described transfer is expressly recognized

Very soon after this transaction I brought Suit in behalf of the legatees as their counsel against said Benjamin Hatcher as executor in the Circuit Court of Chesterfield, which Suit styled "Rebecca and others vs Thos Howlett's executor" is still therein depending: and I particularly refer to the papers and proceedings in said Suit for more explicit reply to enquiry made of me. This Suit seeks, among other things, a settlement of Mr Hatcher's transactions; full protection for the persons and property of the legatees, and places these bonds, which were filed with the bill, under the control of the Court, to be collected and disposed of, as required by the terms of the transfer, at its discretion. The Court, by its decree, directed me to withdraw these bonds, as they were or became due, pay expenses, and invest nett proceeds in Confederate bonds; which I did in strict, accordance with the decree, making the investments promptly as the [[strikethrough]] money [[/strikethrough]] money was collected. The Confederate bonds so purchased are filed with the papers in the Suit and exhausted the whole proceeds except one dollar and forty cents Confederate money still in my hands_

Mr Hatcher correctly states that he paid me two hundred and fifty dollars on account for counsel fees. The parties were themselves unable to pay, and it was into their approbation I collected

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