"Your obedient servant,
John Marshall.
"The Honorable, the Speaker of the House of Delegates."
(Laws of Virginia.)
[538] Morris to John Marshall, Dec. 30, 1796; Morris's Private Letter Book; MS., Lib. Cong.
[539] Morris to James M. Marshall, Feb. 10, 1797; Morris's Private Letter Book; MS., Lib. Cong. Morris adds that "I mortgaged to Colọ Hamilton 100,000 acres of Genesee Lands to secure payment of $75,000 to Mr. Church in five years. This land is worth at this moment in Cash two Dollars pr Acre."
[540] Morris to Colston, Feb. 25, 1797; ib.
[541] Morris to James M. Marshall, April 27, 1797; ib.
[542] MS. The entry was made in Amsterdam and Morris learned of the loan three months afterwards.
[543] Records at Large in Clerk's Office of Circuit Court of Fauquier County, Virginia, 200 et seq. The deed was not filed until 1806, at which time, undoubtedly, the Marshalls made their last payment.