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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 492 (search)
Under the head of A proposition to Major Anderson, the New Orleans Picayune of May 17th publishes the following, from a well-known citizen :-- New Orleans, May 16, 1861. Major Robt. Anderson, late of Fort Sumter, S. C.: Sir:--You hold my three notes for $4,500 each, with about $1,000 accumulated interest, all due in the month of March, 1862, which notes were given in part payment of twenty-nine negroes, purchased of you in March, 1860. As I consider fair play a jewel, I take this method to notify you that I will not pay those notes; but, as I neither seek nor wish an advantage, I desire that you return me the notes and the money paid you, and the negroes shall be subject to your order, which you will find much improved by kind treatment since they came into my possession. I feel justified in giving you, and the public, this notice, as I do not consider it fair play that I should be held to pay for the very property you so opportunely dispossessed yourself of, and now s