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STATEMENT oF STEPHEN -AusTiN· .Account in the Settlement at 3666 D .66 C .with the expressed con- ditions if l\il A did not repay that.sum i11 twelv_e months then I was at Liberty to sell them for cash -for w_hat they wouk~ bring which if had been done would have sacrafisd full half th~ surp. the lands was charged me at •I am therefore willing to ~llow,the.price the Gentle- men aprised them at I therefore request l\i!r. James and Charles Austin to Credit M Austin's private acct with the Value of the re- maing Lands as apprised but first deduc~ing·th~ overcharge on Beng- hams bottom and Newfield place ~ hav~ requested Jas and Charles Austn to state the Acct of all the pn.rticulars taken by l\il A as well Cash as what was taken by Kendal on his first ,trip west and other things and if there is any over or short cJ1arge to add .or ¢1.cdµct such sum from this Acct which when all this is done will no doubt Leave • : ' • I due me about the sum of 12000 Pollars.a sum ,every; Dollar of which I have actually paid out of my .private Pocl~et and it is .a Sllm j_ustly due me from M A for the statement ~ hav~ macle.i~ in_Equity and Good Conscience and as God is my Judge I have .made it as if under the most Solem Oath to do justice between.:M.A and myself and al- though he may think it hard to be.charged..with the Loss on the Estate of :Merril and Austin still it is much harder that I had;all the trouble of doing all the business after l\iir. l\forl'.ils.Death.which took me sum years to close nor on.t~e ;Money.a,dvanced .for the Estate am I allowcl one Dollar Expence nor.Interest on the.:Money besides all which I was nrested in England for their debt only and thrown into prison and at last holden on bale 2 years and 4 months besides all the costs of the suit at least one hundred guinas-:.:M A may also think hard to pay part of my Expence during this time but·it is just he should be charged with the half though I ~ave charged but one third because he advised and_Consented to_ :my gqing to England to make sale of the Lead :Mines and which I ac_tually did sufficiently Effect to the Amt of £8409 sterling if he.had effected the incorporation of the Company besides this Acct there is still and pught to do_µie Justice be settled and for which I now hold his obligation at the expiration of the partnership in 1800 to be adjusted the following,Acct (Viz) l\il A and C 0 • Acct due S A 12647 Dolla.rs 65 Cents due him more than 10 years the Interest of which for this time was to be left to arbitration to three men Chosen by us both the ·Opinion of any two to be binding on in besides this Acct there is M As private Acct while at ~ichmoncl his family Expences· for Seven years to defray which by an agree- ment in the partnership he was to be Allowd 5 pct on all actual Sales to support his family but the money ·and Goods charged·1us Acct by himself in his own bo?ks Amts· to· doubl~ the ·c(?mmiss~on
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