Inquires about final distribution of money from his father's estate. Hard economic times in Indiana.

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Mr. James T. Gleves
Wythe Courthouse
Virginia

Morristown Ia (Indiana)
Sept 21st

State of I. a. Shelby County
Sept 20^th 1842

Sir after my respects to you I will inform you that My self and family are all well at present except one of my children it is up the most of the Time hopeing that these fewe lines may find you and yours enjoying the same I will in the first place state that I have wrote to you last spring and requested and answer and I have never received any I shall now state to you Again the amount that was in the former letter – First I will let you know that I did not dispose of That two hundred Dollars that was allowed to me in my fathers will and I now stand in need of that and all the rest that is comeing to me if it Can be come at this fall on any reasonable termes I want you to let me know whether there (crossed out) it can All be had or not if not all how much can be had for I shall be compeled either to come or send for that this fall I did expect to have been there by this time had you answered my other letter I Bought one hundred and twenty Acres of land after I came home last fall for which I pay seven hundred Dollars four hundred and seventy I have paid And there are two hundred and thirty which has to be Paid against the first day of January next and it Will be impossible for me to pay it unless I can get what is comeing to me in theer or at least as much As I have to pay you will please answer these requests as soon as you receive these lines and I wish to know if my mother is doing if she is alive yet I Receid (Received) A letter from Nehemiah Rutherford on Saturday last Dated the 6^th of this inst (instant, month) he stated that they Was all well he also stated that he had a negro Girl to ran away from the last day of may and he has never herd of her I received a letter from brother C. M. Rutherford Directly I came home lall (after I came home last fall) and he was still at louisville k.y. I answered his letter and that is the last I herd from him

I will now state to you something about the Times we have nothing in this country that will Demand cash Corn cannot be sold for cash at Any price there are a great deal of old corn in this country the prospect for wheat was the best I ever seen till a Bout two weks before harvest then it took the rust and the scab and was scarcly worthe casting (broadcasting) oats Was the best I ever have seen corn crops are first Rate and in fact we have plenty of Every kind of Grain and know money

No more at present
But Remaines yours &c
Randolph Rutherford