I herewith hand you a list of lands in which I presume yourself & relations have an Interest—the tract of 500 acres & 200 acres, and an additional tract of 200 acres which I got from the office in Richmond, all lie on Cloves Creek and in reach of your agent Mr Lee—the settlers resideing on those lands pretend to hold them by virtue of tax sales, which are doubtless illegal—I have looked in the Clerks office of the Court of appeals & find that our late Minister James Barbour sold to Carneal about the year 1805 the 10.000 acre tract which was patented to Thomas Barbour, and was the joint property of the Orange Company The 10.000 acres patented in the name of James Barbour has been sold & Conveyed away long since—you cannot reach Those lands as those holding are innocent purchasers—but most evidently the representatives of Madison & Moore have a recourse on The heirs of The Barbours I suggested what I believed the only prudent course relative to the lands sold Bell & Tapscott—and I fear the great delay your business is destined to, will comfirm The Correctness of my Views, please say to your worthy lady, that her political favorite delivered in this Town to the Colonization society a most splendid & eloquent address, which I will forward her when printed—there has been some talk as to nominating him (H Clay) for the presidency there being a decided majority in both houses decidedly in his favour, but it is deemed premature, I wrote you in reply to your last & now consider your family furnished with information to enable you how to proceed, I will cheerfully afford you any aid in my power In haste respectfully