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WOODBURY TO TIPTON, APRIL 11, 18 19 155
Rote me Sense I left home I Expect to lay Sumtime at this
Plase and would be glad to heare froum you to Right me how
times is I wish you not to neglect my Case in Cort and try
and keep off auston until' mine is tryd" Spur up my lawyers as
mutch as you Can tell them that I Cant be at Cort and I wish
the Case tryd if you think it best I dont no when I will Return
as times is hard I wish you to go to Carpenters and if he is
not got home I want you to try to git my plase from her and
Rent it to Sum purson else let thomas Burris have it if you
Can I wish the orchit Reserved
Sir I am with Respect your moust humble Servant
R. W. SMITH
JOHN TIPTON
JONATHAN WOODBURY To TIPTON, April 11, 1819
[ISL : Tipton Papers�ALS]
TIARDENSBURGH82 11th April, 1819
DEAR SIR I have received both of your friendley letters, One
dated at Brookvill and the other at Corydon. Please to except of
my thanks for the preSent you made me the Constitution of this
State; I never had an oppertunity of peruseing it before�
I have riten to New-Orleans to Samuel A. Woodbury, and
have given him your name, and intention of entering into the
married Jane Boone, a distant cousin of his trading partners. Harrison County Marriage Records, 1809-17 (December 29, 1810). Hiram C. Boon wrote' to Tipton on July 8, 1819, from Buck Creek bottom asking Tipton's help in looking after some business and telling of his wife's critical illness. Tipton Papers.
81 The case of Randle Smith v. Benjamin Vanator, for slander, first appeared at the April Term of the Harrison County Circuit Court, 1818; at the August Term, 1819, Smith was awarded damages of $199. Vanator asked for a new trial; when the case came to trial again the sum awarded to Smith was increased to $300. Motion for a third trial was, overruled. At this same time David Austin was defendant in a suit for hog stealing.
82 Hardinsburgh is at the northeast edge of Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County. It was described in 1816 as "a new town of about 20 houses." Copy of diary written by Enoch Honeywell (page 53), in Indiana State Library.
| Title | The John Tipton Papers Volume I, 1809-1827 |
| Publisher.Original | Indiana Historical Bureau |
| Date.Original | 1942 |
| Series Title | Indiana Historical Collections |
| Item Type | text |
| Language | en |
| Repository | Indiana Historical Bureau |
| Usage Statement | Permission granted for all nonprofit-making uses. For other use or high resolution image, contact Indiana Historical Bureau at 317-232-2535. |
| Publisher.Digital | IUPUI University Library |
| Date.Digital | 2008 |
| Title | Page 155 |
| Transcript | WOODBURY TO TIPTON, APRIL 11, 18 19 155 Rote me Sense I left home I Expect to lay Sumtime at this Plase and would be glad to heare froum you to Right me how times is I wish you not to neglect my Case in Cort and try and keep off auston until' mine is tryd" Spur up my lawyers as mutch as you Can tell them that I Cant be at Cort and I wish the Case tryd if you think it best I dont no when I will Return as times is hard I wish you to go to Carpenters and if he is not got home I want you to try to git my plase from her and Rent it to Sum purson else let thomas Burris have it if you Can I wish the orchit Reserved Sir I am with Respect your moust humble Servant R. W. SMITH JOHN TIPTON JONATHAN WOODBURY To TIPTON, April 11, 1819 [ISL : Tipton Papers�ALS] TIARDENSBURGH82 11th April, 1819 DEAR SIR I have received both of your friendley letters, One dated at Brookvill and the other at Corydon. Please to except of my thanks for the preSent you made me the Constitution of this State; I never had an oppertunity of peruseing it before� I have riten to New-Orleans to Samuel A. Woodbury, and have given him your name, and intention of entering into the married Jane Boone, a distant cousin of his trading partners. Harrison County Marriage Records, 1809-17 (December 29, 1810). Hiram C. Boon wrote' to Tipton on July 8, 1819, from Buck Creek bottom asking Tipton's help in looking after some business and telling of his wife's critical illness. Tipton Papers. 81 The case of Randle Smith v. Benjamin Vanator, for slander, first appeared at the April Term of the Harrison County Circuit Court, 1818; at the August Term, 1819, Smith was awarded damages of $199. Vanator asked for a new trial; when the case came to trial again the sum awarded to Smith was increased to $300. Motion for a third trial was, overruled. At this same time David Austin was defendant in a suit for hog stealing. 82 Hardinsburgh is at the northeast edge of Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County. It was described in 1816 as "a new town of about 20 houses." Copy of diary written by Enoch Honeywell (page 53), in Indiana State Library. |
