To Joshua F. Speed1Jump to section
Your letter to the judge and me in relation to some claims of yours to be put in our hands by Mr. Hurst2Jump to section was received some days since. The notes have not yet been handed over to us, tho they will be at any moment we desire them.
The best information we can give as to the solvency of the men you mention---is that so far as we can learn, they stand precisely as they did, when you left. We have got a judgment against Lockridge as you anticipate, and Bell,3Jump to section by some conversational arrangement with him, has been induced to direct us to stay the execution a few months. As to Mr. Richards note, the judge I presume will attend to it, but for me I cannot even dun him. John Bran[s]on called on me to-day and begged to not be sued.4Jump to section He says he admits it to have been owing long enough---to be paid but that he will positively pay sooner than collection could be made by law---and that he will give most any security we will ask, write us what we shall do with him. On saturday last we had a whig county convention to nominate candidates, and now guess who compose the ticket. For Representatives Wm. Caldwell, Sugar Creek, James Brown Island grove, Wm. Hickman Mechanicsburg, and judge Logan5Jump to section in town. Col. Elkin6Jump to section for sheriff again. Billy Herndon7Jump to section & Dr. McNeil8Jump to section are candidates for the legislature on their own hooks, & Harvey9Jump to section in like manner for sheriff. Our ticket is very popular---and will certainly succeed with