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[page 1] [written at top of page 1] To his son-in-law M B Wellborn from John Horry Dent May 19th 1860 On farm near Eufaula Ala Dear Mack, Your favour of 5th is at hand. In my letter to you of 21st April, I mentioned to you that Cochran paid me $1600. The transaction was as follows. On ac- count of his wifes health, (who has died since) he commissioned L F John- ston to pay me the $1600 and it was put off until after return day, by promises that the payment would be made without fail. When Johnston paid me or was about paying it. I told him the understanding was that the Chochran & Bullock note was to be set- tled and a balance on the other note was to be paid, and the remaining amount was to be credited on the Peterson note, Johnston remarked, he knew nothing about those notes, and [page 2] he was authorised to pay the $1600 on the Peterson note, which he did and was Credited accordingly. I was aware that such a settlement was not in accordance with your instructions, how to settle it. But on reflection, I considered it best not to refuse the offer of the $1600 as he was a tough case to get moneys out, and return day had passed, so it was credited on the Peterson note, and the moneys applied to taking up your note of $1600 which I had, and has been forwarded you marked paid Your letter to Mr Reuben Raigler I read, and enveloped and place it in the hands of Branon to hand it to him. I have sent several messa- ges to Mr Glover, about his note. and no answers have been received. Should you loose $10,000 on your Prarie- lands you deserve no sympathy. for you say you had an offer for them, which [page 3] would have made you "a profit of over $6000" Such speculations as you have risked on those lands, are but the results of accident, if any thing are made on them, as such, your refu- sing a profit of over $6000 I consider but an avaricious caprice, which you will apt to think over and after regret, as an extreme act of folly. So in future, should you lose on them you have no one to blame but yourself. Pneumonia in its most agravated form has made its appear- ance among my negroes for the last month, which has put me very much behind hand in my crop, lack 100 acres of being over my cotton for the first time and have had on an average of 14 hands out the field daily since we began chopping out cottons, Pope has immortalized him- self as a physician. I have seen him raise cases that seemed hopeless and [page 4] you know I have had much ex- perience in sickness. he has but one talent, and that is, a doctor of medicine - I am more pleased with my Morgan Horses the more I use them, in comparison with them, I never saw a Southern broke horse yet. they are like a locomotive you can travel [them ?] as slow or as fast as you please, they look as if they would tare every thing to pieces and still as gentle and tractable as lam- bs. it shows how well broke and well managed they have been under their Yankee education and training. they can make their ten miles an hour, as easy as [Prince ?] can three. they are roadsters I tell you and show blood every inch of them. Mrs. Dents brother says, they are the best blooded Morgans in Vermont and were selected for us with great care and trouble [rest of letter is missing]
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Title | 1860-05-19: Dent, John Horry, to Mack, Letter Fragment |
Creator | Dent, John Horry, 1815-1892; Graves, Charles Iverson, 1838-1891; Wellborn, Maximillian Bethune, 1862-1957; Wellborn Family |
LC Subject Headings |
Dent, John H. (John Herbert), 1782-1823 Dent, John Horry, 1840-1864 Graves, Margaret Lea, b. 1840 Wellborn, Emma Julia, 1838-1896 Confederate States of America. Navy--Officers Constitution (Frigate) Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta--History United States. Navy--Cruise, 1857-1859 United States. Navy--History--Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 United States. Navy--Officers Agriculture--Georgia Bankers--Alabama Banks and banking--Alabama Banks and banking--United States Farm life--Georgia Farm management--Georgia Farmers--Georgia Federal Reserve banks Legislators--Alabama Plantations--Alabama Plantations--Georgia Anniston (Ala.)--History Barbour County (Ala.)--History United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate |
EOA Categories |
History – 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War and Reconstruction Peoples -- Military Life Government and Politics -- Military |
Description | John Horry Dent, Maximillian B. Wellborn's maternal grandfather, who came to Alabama in 1836, was a prosperous Barbour County planter. In 1866, he sold his plantation and bought a farm in Floyd County, Georgia, where he died in 1892. Charles Iverson Graves, Wellborn's father-in-law and a Georgia native, served as a midshipman aboard the U.S.S. Minnesota of the East India and China Squadron in 1853, spending several months in China. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1857. In 1861 he resigned his commission and entered the Confederate Navy. This collection contains correspondence of John Horry Dent. |
Digital Publisher | Auburn University Libraries |
Date | 1860-05-19 |
Original Format | 1 letter fragment, 4 pages |
Type | Text |
Format | |
Original Item ID | RG 0166 |
Rights | This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732. |
Relation With | www.american-south.org |
Language | eng |
File Name | Welborn family 05.pdf |
Collection | Wellborn Family Letters |
Repository | Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. |
Submitted by | Coates, Midge |
Transcript | [page 1] [written at top of page 1] To his son-in-law M B Wellborn from John Horry Dent May 19th 1860 On farm near Eufaula Ala Dear Mack, Your favour of 5th is at hand. In my letter to you of 21st April, I mentioned to you that Cochran paid me $1600. The transaction was as follows. On ac- count of his wifes health, (who has died since) he commissioned L F John- ston to pay me the $1600 and it was put off until after return day, by promises that the payment would be made without fail. When Johnston paid me or was about paying it. I told him the understanding was that the Chochran & Bullock note was to be set- tled and a balance on the other note was to be paid, and the remaining amount was to be credited on the Peterson note, Johnston remarked, he knew nothing about those notes, and [page 2] he was authorised to pay the $1600 on the Peterson note, which he did and was Credited accordingly. I was aware that such a settlement was not in accordance with your instructions, how to settle it. But on reflection, I considered it best not to refuse the offer of the $1600 as he was a tough case to get moneys out, and return day had passed, so it was credited on the Peterson note, and the moneys applied to taking up your note of $1600 which I had, and has been forwarded you marked paid Your letter to Mr Reuben Raigler I read, and enveloped and place it in the hands of Branon to hand it to him. I have sent several messa- ges to Mr Glover, about his note. and no answers have been received. Should you loose $10,000 on your Prarie- lands you deserve no sympathy. for you say you had an offer for them, which [page 3] would have made you "a profit of over $6000" Such speculations as you have risked on those lands, are but the results of accident, if any thing are made on them, as such, your refu- sing a profit of over $6000 I consider but an avaricious caprice, which you will apt to think over and after regret, as an extreme act of folly. So in future, should you lose on them you have no one to blame but yourself. Pneumonia in its most agravated form has made its appear- ance among my negroes for the last month, which has put me very much behind hand in my crop, lack 100 acres of being over my cotton for the first time and have had on an average of 14 hands out the field daily since we began chopping out cottons, Pope has immortalized him- self as a physician. I have seen him raise cases that seemed hopeless and [page 4] you know I have had much ex- perience in sickness. he has but one talent, and that is, a doctor of medicine - I am more pleased with my Morgan Horses the more I use them, in comparison with them, I never saw a Southern broke horse yet. they are like a locomotive you can travel [them ?] as slow or as fast as you please, they look as if they would tare every thing to pieces and still as gentle and tractable as lam- bs. it shows how well broke and well managed they have been under their Yankee education and training. they can make their ten miles an hour, as easy as [Prince ?] can three. they are roadsters I tell you and show blood every inch of them. Mrs. Dents brother says, they are the best blooded Morgans in Vermont and were selected for us with great care and trouble [rest of letter is missing] |