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Oxford 20th Jany 1822
Judge Ruffin
Dear Sir,

I owe an apology
for failing to comply with my engagement
in forwarding my note. It is owing to the
circumstances that I have been in daily
expectations that a Mr R Alemandes would
start to Raleigh and I proposed sending
by private conveyance rather than
the mail. He was to have started sometime
before the 15th. I hope for that
no material inconvenience has been
sustained by you in consequence of this
disappointment. I am sir very respectfully
your sincere friend and very humble
servant.
Sam'l Hillman

N.B. Enclosed is a note to be discounted
at the State Bank for $42.00 payable
88 days after the 15th Inst.
S H