| Title: | Rutledge & Young, South Carolina, to R Redmond, Ballymena. |
|---|---|
| ID | 2367 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Rutledge & Young/9 |
| Year | 1872 |
| Sender | Rutledge & Young |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | attorneys |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | S. Carolina, USA |
| Destination | Ballymena, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Redmond, Roland |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | business |
| Source | D 1364/1/30: Presented by W.L. Young Esq., The Old Rectory, Drewsteignton, Exeter, Devon. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9012003 |
| Date | 14/02/1872 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C.R., 02:12:1993. |
| Word Count | 818 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | To: Rowland Redmond Esq care Jas [James?] & Robt [Robert?] Young Ballymena Ireland From: Rutledge & Young, Councellors at Law 26 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. [South Carolina?] 14th Feb 1872 Benjamin Huger Rutledge. Henry Edward Young. Redmond V Pillot Dear Sir - I am now going to write what I fear will be a long letter - This case is about at its close - & therefore I give an account of it. I sent it, as I told you I would to Gov [Governor?] Walker with instructions to bring suit to foreclose the mortgage in the United States court. As I also told you, that there should be no increase of expense & that the commission would be 5% The defendant always pays the costs, tho [though?] when the property fails to bring enough to cover debt & costs & the defendant is insolvent these always come out of the fund first - Gov [Governor?] Walker was instructed also to endeavour to get a private purchase at such a price as would not only pay you, but if practicable leave a surplus for Mr. Pillot - I have no doubt but that he endeavoured to do this latter: but he no doubt thinking that he was acting for the best directed Messrs Whitman & Pope local lawyers in Madison to bring the Suit in the State Court I knew nothing of this, till these gentlemen contrary to all legal etiquette, as understood here, passed by both Gov [Governor?] Walker & our firm and sent the bill to [?] Wm [William?] Redmond & Son for their part of the work for some $450 - This besides costs of course we declined - not only paying this - but even presenting it to you unless at their special request & then #PAGE 2 only write a letter from us advising you that you were not responsible for the amount. This led to a correspondence - not very pleasant - between ourselves & Gov [Governor?] Walker on the one part & Messrs Whitman & Pope on the other - Gov [Governor?] Walker submitted the correspondence between himself & these latter gentlemen when he sent the case - I don't see, after the perusal of the correspondence, how they would have misunderstood the arrangement or made the change they did - Still they maintain that they are [?] - they are entitled to this statement - neither Gov [Governor?] Walker nor we would admit the claim in any way & finally after ["endless grumbling" crossed out] a most disagreeable letter in tone, they reduced their claim to $150 [?] with $50 referee's costs, we wrote to Messrs Wm [William?] Redmond & Son for & suppose will get shortly, as he really sent it to us only omitted to sign the cheque - we have written to Gov [Governor?] Walker for an exact statement of the costs- There was another disagreeable occurrence in this matter - The limit fixed to the plantation was $5000 & Gov [Governor?] Walker desired to bid up to this amount. Mr Whitman bid in the place at $2730 & refused to go higher - Mr. Pope apparently changed this & ordered the extreme bid of $5000 to be entered - This we have had of course corrected. Mr. Wm [William?] Redmond has doubtless sent you a copy of Mr. Cowlings letter & of Mr. Hunter Pope's comments - These seem to me extraordinary to the last degree - But as the matter has been corrected & as you will no doubt judge of it as I do, it is useless to make any remarks about it - I should mention here that having an intimation ag'st [against?] Gov [Governor?] Walker's character, I wrote to Mr. E Mc L'Engle confidentially - What L'Engle says can certainly be trusted, if there is an honest man of any kind in Florida - & the newspapers of this morning say that there is at least one there – He #PAGE 3 says "I believe that you have been misinformed as to Gov [Governor?] Walker's Character I think that he is an honest man & would give his recommendation of any one respectful consideration - as much so as I would that of any man who makes or has made politics a profession" we have always found him extremely correct & the position he has assumed in this correspondence with Messrs Whitman & Pope, has been all that we could desire, he certainly has been disappointed with the course of Messrs Whitman & Pope - The a/c [account?] against you well stated 5% com [commission?] on $2730 $136.50 Referee's costs 50 - Other court costs (not exceeding I suppose) 150 - to $200 ------- $336.50 $386.50 The plan is now in the hands of Mr. Cowling to rent - Mr. L'Engle recommends Mr. A. Livingston or Mr. Chandler Smith - The old gentleman joins me in best rememberance to you - Bitters of wormwood & tansy are now an institution with us - & they are liked better than ever. This, you remember, is your introduction - Shall we see you here next winter - Very truly Yrs [Yours?] W. S. Young Rowland & Redmond Esq care Jas [James?] & Robt [Robert?] Young Ballymena Ireland |
