B.
[283—to Charles Hanson]
Mh. 24th, 1813.
My Dear Charles,—This is very evasive and dissatisfactory. What is to be done I cannot tell, but your father had better see his letter and this of mine. A long litigation neither suits my inclination nor circumstances; it were better to take back the estate, and raise it to what it will bear, which must be at least double, to dismantle the house and sell the materials, and sell Rochdale. Something I must determine on and that quickly. I want to go abroad immediately; it is utterly impossible for me to remain here; every thing I have done to extricate myself has been useless. Your father said "
sell
;" I have sold, and see what has become of it! If I go to Law with this fellow, after five years litigation at the present depreciation of money, the
price