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&c. which undoubtedly was his first inten- 

 tion. After spending some time, and a 

 great deal of money, at Norfolk, (having 

 agreed that this friend should sell the goods, 

 and remit money as they wanted it ; but it is 

 likely they would never see many shillings 

 of it, which is very generally the case ; they 

 had already discovered a neglect of remit- 

 tance, and found some difficulty to get 

 the money that they were in want of,) 

 they and their families set off to Alexandria, 

 after making some searches to buy lands 

 about that country : but finding nothing 

 they could see at all proper or advantageous, 

 his brother set off to Fredericksburg ; was 

 some few days away ; and at his return, 

 they found he was quite deranged, and so 

 much out of temper with him, and the rest 

 of the family, that this young man left him 

 at Alexandria, brought his w r ife to George - 

 Town, took lodgings for her there, and had 

 come to Baltimore to seek work, finding 

 that their money went fast, and nothing 

 was likely to come in $ and now this young 



