I have been duly favored with your letter of the 11th instt.1 I thank you for bringing the negotiation with Mr Peter to a close, & for effectuating the transfer of the remaining lots in square No. ⟨21⟩ to me agreeably thereto.2 Mr Lear will make the first payment therfor, according to contract.

I am much obliged by your kind enquiry into the value of the land I hold on Difficult run, although the communication respecting it has come too late, if a gentleman to whom I had made an offer of it, accedes to my terms.3 ⟨Your⟩ offer to assist me in the disposal of the land was friendly, & I feel grateful for it. With esteem I am Sir Your most Obedt Serv⟨t⟩.