Robert Carter writes to Colonel Thomas Lee of Westmoreland County, May 10, 1729, concerning land that Lee wishes to acquire "at the falls of Petowmack," noting difficulties with the surveys and the warrants, and hoping that 11 acres can be set aside for his son Charles. He reminds Lee that his quitrents have not been paid for 4 years, and he includes an accouint of what Lee owes.

     I have now the Leizure to answer yor. Favr. of the 2d. of
Aprill. The Errors of yor. Surveyer and yor. Guide you cannot Expect I am
to be answerable ^Accountable for.

     I now Send my Accot. stated I think according to your
Expectation, which upon Payment of to Mr. Meeks I order him to deliver
your Deed to whom I now Send it,

     Please to allow me to Say the force of yor. reasoning
about yor. Entry of Land at the falls of Petowmack is beyond my under= ^Compre=
standing ^hension to Comprehend You had a warrt. for 150 Acs: Circumscribed be=
[t] wee [n] yor. own two tracts the very words of yor. warrant, there is a 150 Acs:
[. . .] if you resolve to s Insist upon it and there is 11 Acs: lying upon
[Major Tu] bervile's Land, to Supply a Small part of my Sons warrt. that bears
[the same] date with yours, Certainly no reasoning can be convincing that
in your Grant these 11 Acs: Should be Acq [. . .] Included and my Sons --
Warrt. Intirely fruitless. As I must do you Justice I am Sure you have
quantity Enough to think I Should be very blameworthy to deny it to my
own Son,

     The warrts. you write for are of a very loose nature and not to
be understood where they are to lye Mr. Thomas tells me Pearson hath Sevl.
Ps [Parcells] of Land upon the N. run, upon which of these and upon which Side of the
side of the [sic ] Tract is not Intelligible and there are Sevl. warrts. already out Joyn
ing upon Pearsons lines, Reads Entry is but little better . . . understand ^Plainer & I
can tell you Mr. Warner hath warrs in his hands ^{upon the [ . . . ] of Colonel Page and my Sons} for the taking up all the Lands
that are ungranted upon the branches of Difficult run Horsepen run and

     You will please to pardon me when I put you in mind tht.
you hold 3184 Acs: of Land that you owe Quitrents for for 4 Yrs that doth not ^{at least for these}
appear to me to be paid for ever Since the Grant, I am

     I Enclose to you 2 Commissions for Capt. McCarty and
Capt. Allerton with blanks for the Subalterns, I am
Yor. most

     now if you please to pay the money in bills of Exchange I am
willing to allow you 3 bitts upon the Pound --

     If you pay in Cash Guineas must go at 21/ other Go [ld at . . .] /
the penny wt. cut Gold I must have none. if you pay in Silver every [. . .]
must be 19 penny wt. mild money at the Brittish value. 3 bitts [ . . . ]
to be deducted and then you will answer yor. own proposal [ . . . ]
Satisfactory to me