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The John Gray Blount Papers 119
David Allison to John Gray Blount
Philad*. December 24th
. 1796
Dear Sir
I received your favor of the 11th
. joined with Mr Blackledges
containing information new to me and unaccountable why a
letter of mine should drive Mr Ragsdale to such state248 as you
describe [.] I have never written Mr Ragsdale any letter con-taining
matter for which I can even blame myself considering
the situation of affairs at the time of writing. I have never
flattered him,249 I have never written him in Language that
should intentionally injure his feelings or give him a moments
uneasiness [.] if my letters to him were the cause of uneasiness I
would have been obliged to you to have pointed out to me in what
particular they had so operated [.] from your description they
must have been more replete with Poison than I generally write,
to have had this effect for I can assure you my correspondence
has been but very small with him I believe but two letters ever
passed between him and me and I know of no other way he can
be ruined by me except by the Bond of Indemnity to Carson &
Wilson which was made long before the letter you allude to
bears date, and I can further say that no letter written by me
of that date could have had such effect on him or any other per-son.
The greatest part of my Correspondence and indeed the
only respecting the North Carolina Business has been with
yourself and Mr Blackledge [2] and I did not know that Mr
.
Ragsdale had made any promise to Wilson or Carson until you
had so advised me[.] Mr
. Ragsdale has not even mentioned it
to me himself in anyone of his letters, it was done without my
sollicitation
In all my North Carolina business I can only accuse myself
with inability to send you sufficient relief when wanted to com-plete
the general design
I am with respect
Your Obedient Servant
David Allison
Addressed: John Gray Blount Esquire
Raleigh
N°. Carolina
248 See Gabriel Ragsdale to Blount, December 12, 1796, in this volume.
249 David Allison to Gabriel Ragsdale, October 4, 1796 [copy], in this volume.
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| Full Text | The John Gray Blount Papers 119 David Allison to John Gray Blount Philad*. December 24th . 1796 Dear Sir I received your favor of the 11th . joined with Mr Blackledges containing information new to me and unaccountable why a letter of mine should drive Mr Ragsdale to such state248 as you describe [.] I have never written Mr Ragsdale any letter con-taining matter for which I can even blame myself considering the situation of affairs at the time of writing. I have never flattered him,249 I have never written him in Language that should intentionally injure his feelings or give him a moments uneasiness [.] if my letters to him were the cause of uneasiness I would have been obliged to you to have pointed out to me in what particular they had so operated [.] from your description they must have been more replete with Poison than I generally write, to have had this effect for I can assure you my correspondence has been but very small with him I believe but two letters ever passed between him and me and I know of no other way he can be ruined by me except by the Bond of Indemnity to Carson & Wilson which was made long before the letter you allude to bears date, and I can further say that no letter written by me of that date could have had such effect on him or any other per-son. The greatest part of my Correspondence and indeed the only respecting the North Carolina Business has been with yourself and Mr Blackledge [2] and I did not know that Mr . Ragsdale had made any promise to Wilson or Carson until you had so advised me[.] Mr . Ragsdale has not even mentioned it to me himself in anyone of his letters, it was done without my sollicitation In all my North Carolina business I can only accuse myself with inability to send you sufficient relief when wanted to com-plete the general design I am with respect Your Obedient Servant David Allison Addressed: John Gray Blount Esquire Raleigh N°. Carolina 248 See Gabriel Ragsdale to Blount, December 12, 1796, in this volume. 249 David Allison to Gabriel Ragsdale, October 4, 1796 [copy], in this volume. |
