Letter from Reuben McBride, 3 January 1842

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Jany 3d 1842
Joseph Smith
Dear Brother after a Journey of 14 days from I arived in in good health and found my family enjoying the same blessing but all in confusion <​in​> accasioned by what rote in the paper and by the proceedings with and there was a great deal of jealousy against me thinking I was the means of all of it. I have opposition enough I asure you but I mean to take a stedy course let the consequences be what they ma[y] I Saw and there was so much difference between us more than I expected that I did not feel authorised to do any thing about it till I had advise from you this is the way his Ac[count] Stands against you J Smith Dr [debit] to makeing four Deeds $28 Andersons Andrews & Cost $75 Motion of cort to discrarge Judgment $3 Sheriffs fee for selling $16 Judgment which he had [assig]ned over to him By Bald Spencer and Hufty $1868,58
Which amounts to $1990.58
J Smith Cr. By Land 1300 Amt. of Cr.
$1100,00 by Cash paid by $690–58
$200,00 this is the way his acount Stands he Clames Six hundred and ninety Dollars fifty eight cents then he will Deed back your house and Lot to the amount of the Saddle and bridel which he says is $30— he endorsed on a judgment against you in favor of Stanard he says he has got Demands against you of about $1400 Dollars he says he went authorised by and he was to have Doollar for Dollar for all the Demands he took up[.] I talked with about his proseedings he says it can be taken from him if by fileing a unless he should sell it to another person and he being an innocent holder not knoweing the circumstances he talked with me of Selling it he said he should be oblieged to before long or his creditors would put on to it— he go up there he thinks in the latter part of winter he says you and he can Settle [p. [1]]
Jany 3d 1842
Joseph Smith
Dear Brother after a Journey of 14 days from I arived in in good health and found my family enjoying the same blessing but all in confusion in accasioned by what rote in the paper and by the proceedings with and there was a great deal of jealousy against me thinking I was the means of all of it. I have opposition enough I asure you but I mean to take a stedy course let the consequences be what they may I Saw and there was so much difference between us more than I expected that I did not feel authorised to do any thing about it till I had advise from you this is the way his Account Stands against you J Smith Dr [debit] to makeing four Deeds $28 Andrews & Cost $75 Motion of cort to discrarge Judgment $3 Sheriffs fee for selling $16 Judgment which he had assigned over to him By Bald Spencer and Hufty $1868,58
Which amounts to $1990.58
J Smith Cr. By Land 1300 Amt. of Cr.
$1100,00 by Cash paid by $690–58
$200,00 this is the way his acount Stands he Clames Six hundred and ninety Dollars fifty eight cents then he will Deed back your house and Lot to the amount of the Saddle and bridel which he says is $30— he endorsed on a judgment against you in favor of Stanard he says he has got Demands against you of about $1400 Dollars he says he went authorised by and he was to have Doollar for Dollar for all the Demands he took up. I talked with about his proseedings he says it can be taken from him by fileing a unless he should sell it to another person and he being an innocent holder not knoweing the circumstances he talked with me of Selling it he said he should be oblieged to before long or his creditors would put on to it— he go up there he thinks in the latter part of winter he says you and he can Settle [p. [1]]
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