Sherwood Forest
March 13, 1852

My Dear Col:

I have designing a trip to 
Richmond for many days past chiefly to
obtain drafts for the interest falling due
at East Hampton, but the children have each
in turn, then altogether been so ill with ter
rible colds as to render it next to impossi
ble for me to leave them and now I am 
confined to the House by a similar attack
with slight exposure would run into pneu
monia. My trip is therefore delayd until
next week and I have concluded to wait
no longer but to send on a check on the Farmer's
Bank of Virginia at Richmond for $57.50 and
your Mothers check for $33.50 making together
$91 the half yearly interest due to Hedges and
Osborne, adding $1 to cover any discount. Mr. Gardiner left with Julia 
a blank check for her physicians while here
and wanting a northern check I have
paid Selden $26 and [] $7.50. Selden
net is enclosed and [] paid
for in corn. The check on the Farmer's Bank
you can use for you own purposes without 
discount if you have a merchants bill
to pay. As to Fowler he wants his money

for some California expedition and has placed
the bond in pledge with someone. Will
you make enquiries into it and let me
know all about it. If he wants his money
he must have it. 
I write in haste and Julia
having written [?] me from
the necessity of adding more.

Affly Yrs
J. Tyler

Col. D. L. Gardiner

The children are now about & I am getting better.

J. Tyler
Col. David L. Gardiner
No. 4 Union Square
New York City