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If I should be out, the servant will know where, and will find me in a few minutes. Yours, Albany, 5th August, 1792. I have received your letter, which is very short, and says not one word of your mamma's health. You talk of going to Westchester, but do not say when or how. Mr. and Mrs. Witbeck and their daughter talk very much about you, and would be very glad to see you.
If I should be out, the servant will know where, and will find me in a few minutes. Yours, Albany, 5th August, 1792. I have received your letter, which is very short, and says not one word of your mamma's health. You talk of going to Westchester, but do not say when or how. Mr. and Mrs. Witbeck and their daughter talk very much about you, and would be very glad to see you.
Prevost had a family, a clear, independent estate, and did not owe a cent in the world; but he had better nerves than Witbeck, and would not tease me. About this time we learned that all prospect of selling the land in Europe had failed, and as I never had an expectation of paying except from the land itself, it became necessary to close the transaction.
Witbeck met with an accident a little similar to yours; but she lost only her cap and hair. I am delighted to find that you anticipate as a pleasure that by this post you may write as much as you please. I shall watch with eagerness and impatience the coming of every stage. Let me not be disappointed; you have raised and given confidence to these hopes.
Some time in the year 1797 or 1798, it was noised in Albany that Thomas L. Witbeck had given a bond for twenty thousand dollars, and his credit at the bank and elsewhere became affected by it. He wrote me often on the subject.
Prevost had a family, a clear, independent estate, and did not owe a cent in the world; but he had better nerves than Witbeck, and would not tease me. About this time we learned that all prospect of selling the land in Europe had failed, and as I never had an expectation of paying except from the land itself, it became necessary to close the transaction.
In this transaction I never suspected that Cazenove imagined that he was doing a favour either to me or Thomas L. Witbeck, and I am confident that he never entertained so absurd a belief. It was with great reluctance that I gave Prevost's bond. I had claims on Witbeck which justified me in exposing him to some hazard.
Some time in the year 1797 or 1798, it was noised in Albany that Thomas L. Witbeck had given a bond for twenty thousand dollars, and his credit at the bank and elsewhere became affected by it. He wrote me often on the subject.
But the tenour of your last induces me to think that you intend a very short visit, or rather, that you will come express. Arrange it as you please, provided I see you somewhere and soon. I have a letter from Witbeck of a later date than that by Strong, and of much more satisfactory tenour. I believe he will not disappoint the expectations of my friends.
I returned this day from Ballston, and my principal business to this city was to receive and answer your letters. Judge, therefore, of my disappointment. Mr. and Mrs. Witbeck made many inquiries about you, and appeared much mortified that you did not accompany me. I hope you will, before this can reach you, have answered J. Yates's letter.
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