John Blair letter to John Hatley Norton, 1794 March 21
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Enfield - March 21st- 1794_
Dear Sir,
Some years ago I wrote you a letter inclosing
a copy of an account between you & my father's estate, & received from
you an answer consenting to pay it, if I would deduct the charge
of interest during the war. In a subsequent letter, I told you, that
altho I could see no reason for the deduction in a case between two
citizens of the same country, & was at a loss to discover upon what
principle a debt subsisting betwee two persons of the same State, &
who could therefore have never been in a hostile relation to each
other, ought to be affected by a war between their common country
& another State, & altho I have myself paid interest in the same
situation, yet if this remission has been the general practice, & if you
yourself have admited the rule in your several negotiations, I would
without hesitation agree to close with your proposal - Since writing
this last letter a considerable time has elapsed without my hearing
any thing farther from you, from which I conclude that the
letter by some mischance has never come to your hands - Being here
so much nearer to your residence, than when at home, & having on that
account a better chance of a safe conveyance, I write now to repeat what
I then said -
Before you left Wmburg I had lent to Mrs Norton, my
uncle Mr. Commissary Blair's 4 volumes of sermons, which have not
been returned - If they be still in your house, & any good opportunity
should offer of sending them to this place, or to Wmsburg, You will oblige
me by embracing it - With sincere wishes for your health & prosperity,
I am, dear Sir,
Your friend & servant
John Blair
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John Hatley Norton Esqr.
Winchester
Wmsg 21. March 1794
Jno Blair