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-daughter, in whose behalf this claim is now set up.
Because of the possession of Porter &c for nine years does
not bar the claim of this minor, it fails also to ex=
=clude the other heirs of Thompson though they had
parted with their interests 23 years ago. Such I
understand is the law! Rutledge says this matter can
& will all be arranged. But the arrangement depends,
so far as I can see, upon the action or votes of the
people of this county {struckthrough: the or then} to be taken the 26th May next
on the question to raise a tax to build the turnpike
roads to the top of the mountain and provide funds
to release the University lands from all claims & incumbrances.
Henry Fogg is now here. He came to look into these matters
with Colyar, and to attend to the settlement of the claims
of the Estill heirs. Judge Ridley, the Chancellor, is to be
here on Tuesday next to hold a special court and to
make a decree for the Estill heirs by which their
interests will be secured on lands outside of the Uni=
=versity bounds. This item will be arranged, I suppose
without doubt. Henry Fogg with his Uncle Godfrey also,
came, likewise, to look after the Thompson claim. It
appears that one J. W. Anderson has that interest in hand,
and he was expected here to arrange {struckthrough: with} it with Colyar
But he has not come. The agent acting for the Thompson
heirs & perhaps under instructions from Anderson, entered
into an agreement with Barney to sell Thomson's grant
1750 acres for one dollar ($1.) per acre. And this will probably
be the basis of the settlement, if one is effected.
Colyar whom I saw this morning persists in the opinion
that Shapard's claim is really{underlined} invalid{underlined}: Yet he has at=
=tempted with Mr F.B. Fogg & others to compromise with
Shappard rather than go into a suit. He thinks now
that a suit will be inevitable by all probability. He
says that he learned from Shapard's lawyer
that S. would take $3500 for his claim -- that he
went to close the business with S. and that
S. then said he would take nothing
less than $5000 -- and that{underlined} in{underlined} cash{underlined}!!
I told {illegible} -- to-day, that the position of
our Board before the public, sustained