Sherwood Forest Feb. 21. 48
My Dear Sir:
Your last letter reached me by
our last mail and I lose no time in acknow
ledging its receipt. The wood getting busi
ness cannot fail to be profitable consider
ing the last deluge- and I hope you have
given directions accordingly - any arrange
ments you may make will be entirely
satisfactory to me - I  have delayed re-
turning the writing you forwarded with
a view of recalling to your recollection one
fact which seems to have escaped you
or which you did not think it necessary
to introduce into the prepared instrument
viz. the fact that Winston had made a sepa-
rate agreement for the land in contest with
[Dyer] and the other person whose name I
have most strangely forgotten by which
he was to give $10 per acre for whatever was
recovered - we agreed to take the whole matter
as it stood paying $3000, that is to say,
dividing that sum between us - was not 
this your understanding of the agreement
between us? If so then it would be proper
to append to the contract a separate stipu
lation or it might be best to make

it a separate writing altogether as to the land in dispute which you
can prepare and send on by return mail - 
As to the dower that will not be am impede
ment between us and Julia will at the
proper time unite in the Deed - I have
written urgently to Casey to lose no time in
bringing the suits against the contestants for
the boundary - and trust that he has done
so by this time altho' I have nothing
from him - Will you not find it necessary 
to run thither during the Spring? I only
wish that you could at once lay down the
rail road and commence operations-
that they would result in the immediate
realization of large profits I do not doubt.
However, slow and sure, may be the soundest
policy-
Our neighborhood has been exhibiting
new evidences of life since Mr. Beckman
left us - The hunters merry horn has been
sounding almost daily in our ears and
the jovial pack have been making the
woods vocal with their voices - I have
fun at three of the merrymakings, but only 
in at the death of two foxes, both of which
were caught on the same days - were you
ever at those merry gatherings - the chase here 
puts the whole country in motion, and whoe-
ver is the host, entertaining the neighborhood -
I have regretted that Mr. Beckman did not

have an opportunity of participating in one
such gathering while with us - I have not
escaped without a cold which is the usual
accompaniment to the severe exercize. Colds
are in truth quite predominant with us and
I regret to say that Julia has not escaped.
What say you to Woodberry as the Demo
cratic nominee: Will not the schism in New
York force the Party to take him as the means
of healing the breach? If I read the stars right
his star is in the ascendant-
With best regards to all
Yrs Truly
John Tyler

A Gardiner Esq

J. Tyler
Alexander Gardiner Esq.
Clerk U.S.C. Court
New York