Sherwood Forest
April 15. 1852

My Dear Sir;
A letter recievd from Mr. Corcoran on yesterday will relieve you from any further annoyance relative to the note executed by Alexander to Corcoran and Riggs. the mode in which the transaction originated was this. C.L.R. on being informd of the villainous conduct of my agents, they having ostensibly taken on 1/4th of the land, manifested a desire to part with their interest for three thousand dollars and Alexander agreed to take it at that price in the course of a correspondence between us about it. I wrote to C.L.R. about it and the bargain was made. A. gave his three notes payable to in one two and three years with interest and I became his endorser. Before the first note fell due however he expressd a desire to have the transaction chang'd, and I agreed to take the purchase on myself and became the paymenter, and placed in his hands the money to redeem the two first notes. When the last note was falling due I wrote to C.L.R. for indulgence until I could sell the land and they readily granted it. Mr. Corcoran says in his letter of yesterday that

he and his partner had purchas'd this arrangement that the note will be immediately recall'd. In order to avoid any such mistake in future, I propose to withdraw that note and substitute my own. to this they readily accede, and if I have to trouble you at all about it, it will be to give me the use of your name on security which will in no degree affect you.
In the meantime I wish to resort to every proper [...] to sell the land. It is idle to hold it, so that if I cannot sell it for one price I shall be willing to do it for another. I fear that the [...] have inundated the country from the mountains of Virginia to New Orleans. I see accounts of immense destruction on the Monongahela, and that a portion of Cincinnati had been overflowd. The coal lands are never affected by those overflows and they fortunately came when there are no crops on the bottoms. So that the farming interest is but little improved. They pass off in a few days.
We have had a gloomy and backward spring, but nevertheless the forests are getting into leaf. The gardens are giving promise of early vegetables, the peas getting into bloom and the fields putting on their vestments of greens. After a hard night's rain the weather is very

warm this morning. I hope that the winter and all its accompanyments of cold misty and frosty mornings, are now fairly gone. [Aleck] who has been quite sick is recovering rapidly, and I am able now to ride out, and to walk short distances. I have passed a terrible and trying winter. I trust that your mother and Margaret, after getting located on the Island will feel all the advantages of pure air and contented minds. From the description of their future home, it must be delightful.
Julia does not write to day having nothing special to communicate. We recievd the cards which indicate the approaching wedding of the 20th. D. Hartshorne's and all.

With affectionate regards to all
Yrs Truly
J. Tyler

No letter reachd us from any of you yesterday.

Col. D.L. Gardiner