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him to do so, and I don't want him to be slanted.
Mr. Campbell have remarked, "That he thought
Mr. Taul, had already realised by the sale
of part of the Lot to Porter, as much, as he ought
to have in the want of his surviving her "and
that he ought to Convert to Daniel the deal,
to which Thos. T. replied, that he would can
cel the deed, at any moment, that his wife
desired it - but that he would not do it, at
the instance of and to oblige those interested
persons. His wife, said, that what she had
done, she had done deliberately, and she did
not intend to retract it. She loved her brother
& her sister (Ms. C) - & her children, & her half
brothers & sisters - but she loved her husband
as a wife ought to do - and she intended, that
he should have the sale benefit of her pro
perty." I never saw her more Calm & composed
than she was, on the occasion, altho her Sister
came into the room & appeared to be in
deep distress. I understood afterward, That
Mrs. Campbell, objected in decided terms to her
husband's interference in the matter, say in
that her sister Caroline, was very capable of
attending to, her own business, without the
aid or control of others. Being perfectly sa
tisfied that Thos. T. had done nothing wrong
but had noted in relation to the property
in strict conformity to his wife's wishes, I
left & returned to my office. I ought to have
stated, that in the above conversation Caroline
said, she had endeavored to prevail on her hus
band before they left Huntsville, to have the title
secured to himself. but he returned by it