Your favor of Dec. 26 has been duly recieved. I had entirely forgotten that I had only covenanted to convey to my grandaughter Bankhead but had not actually conveyed the lands on the East side of the 1000. as first given to my daur Randolph, and that my conveyance of what was between that & Bear br. was to yourselves directly, and I was for some time at a loss by what forms I should cover those blots in the conveyances to you. the following considerns removed my doubts. the English law permits a conveyance by a person in possn of more title than he rightfully has to work a disseisin. and our law was the same till the revised code by mr Wythe mr Pendleton & myself in 1779. when we altered it by declaring that no deed should pass more estate than the party might lawfully convey. this you will find 1. Revised code of 1819. 368. this makes the case plain. my deed for 1000. as to my daur Randolph conveyed to her both the equitable and legal estate. consequently the conveyance by mr Randolph and her to mrs Moseley & to Bankhead et ux. was valid and their deed to you for what was East of mrs Moseley’s was good. as to the 450. as E. of that, my covenant to convey gave them the equitable estate but was a nullity as to the legal right, because I had not actually conveyed it. their deed to you in like manner gave you the equitable right but was null as to1 the legal because it was not in them. for the lands again between that & Bear br. my deed conveyed an equitable right, because it could be proved by averment to have been in advancement of my grand daur Bankhead but did not convey the legal estate because that was more than I could lawfully convey to a stranger. to compleat your title therefore I have conveyed to my gr. son Th: J. Randolph the whole of the lands between the 1000. as of my daur Randolph and our lines near Bear creek, and my gr. son has conveyed the whole to mr Yancey & yourself. these deeds I now inclose to you & hope they are sufficient & will be satisfactory, and I really rejoice that the defect has been discovered while it was in my power to rectify it.