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Oak Lawn, March 12th (Th.) 1846

If I had a horse of my own, I should have
gone to Winston to day: Not that it is very
urgent I should go, but well enough, perhaps
to my interest and therefore proper. As it is, I
regret I cannot go, not so much because of the
importance of going, as that my priviledge of
doing so is haltered. Such is a speciman link
of the chain that bars me from the liberty of
a man. The week after next will be our Sup-
erior Court; and it is important that I should
have every thing in complete readiness for the event.
I have my trial papers here, and also my dockets
all made out here. I want to carry them to the
Court House, receive what appeals are to go upon
them, and lay them all away conveniently rea-
dy for business when I go to Court. I want to have
access to the office at this time, and search for and
arrange papers therein. Every Thing would then
be at my hand. It being about a fortnight to to
the Superior Court, at which time people frequent-
ly want writs, subpeanos, etc, and this being Thursday,
a public day always at our Court-House, the county
clerk regularly meeting there on that day to attend
to business, so that the people select that day to go
there in preference to any other in the week, and I hav-
ing an interest to mingling in public more that
I do, ought to have gone. Business of a public nature
being attended to, that of a private nature would next
claim my attention. I could select my [leaners/lenses?] and bes-
peak the making of them. I could have such other
confab peculairly impelling me, partake of a m[???]
and arrange things for future case and satisfaction.
This my day's work would anticipate some future
trouble and perhaps Mass burning. These are
small things but of some moment to me. I don't
want to be in any body's way, neither do I want any one in my
way. I want my own for my use, let other have theirs.