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Rodney May 14th 1846

Dear Sir
Your favour some time since came to hand
Inst as I was on my way to Providence to attend court
and too late for me to draw up an act of subrogation
from Dr. [Wermen?]. When court came on in our
Parish my partner Genl Isaac Thomas and myself came
to the conclusion to file an intervention in the suit
and claim one half of the judgment in the
name of Ballard Franklin & Co which claim we
sustained, and obtained in judgment for Seven
Thousand Dollars with Interest from the [?]
of the note recognising Ballard Franklin
as being entitled to the mortgage resulting from
the recording of the Judgment in favour of
Alexander Martyr against Hunter & Woodhouse,
I now desire to know what I am to do in the
matter as Mr Feathersten claims to have the right
of exercising contronl of your portion of the
judgment under an arrangement which he inferrs
he made to that effect. I wrote to Mr.
Armfield when I left him (directed to New Orleans)
to know whose instructions I should obey in the
matter. Mr Feathersten says the understanding
was with Mr. Armfield, and fearing that perhaps
Mr. Armfield should be absent I have thought
it prudent that I should advise you of
it prudent that I should advise you of