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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849. 330 words

This Last Letter is from Mr Sterling who writes me that he has received Lady Warren's Answer to his Bill, and that he is to Collect the Vouchers & Accots against me & to be Supported with her Aid to recover his demand Concluding with the usual Apologies, and the best he can make for so doing : -- To prevent a repetition I beg to referr to my Letter of the 20^''. of March before mentioned, only again repeating That he is the Only Connection I have that is not perfectly Satisfied of those Truths I have so often repeated, and that he does not appear to be so, must be entirely attributed to his unhappy Circumstances and perhaps his Character, which however I know very little of, -- Allow me to add that whatever trouble Lady Warren has had thro the Necessitys of an unhappy Individual (because I am persuaded she has never been troubled by any of the rest) yet I cannot but conceive that ray own Case is much harder, if I am to have the Smallest trouble on the Score of that Extraordinary Legacy of my Uncles, whilst his Estate was, as it still is, in my debt, and which I have more than once Assigned the true reasons for my hitherto neglecting to Sue for, and recover my Just demands. -- If it must be Litigated it will appear that I have acted with perhaps uncommon delicacy, far exceeding what the case was entitled to, and that purely thro' a tender regard for my Uncles Memory & Character, because my Acct agt, him was Short of what I could have Justly brought, & particularly in a few Articles which If Lady W'arren cannot recollect I shall never mention Whilst his Acct agt. me altho' I was so generous as to admit it, contains many Articles which I never sent for, or desired, and which were Solely appropriated to his use but never to mine.