Georgetown, June 10th, “HASTY POINT’’ PLANTATION Mr.Marriner Dear South Carolina. 1922. A.Browning, Marriner:- ‘ It seems ’to me I have not had a letter from you since that in which you mentioned a Mr.Zinn as a possible buyer.When your letter came T at once wrote to Mr.Z. and believe T also wrote to you and enclosed copy of event I never had an acknowledgment from my letter to Z. In any Mr.Z.of the receipt of letter,so appeal I assume the property did not to my him About that time there was a Major Sheridan who seemed interested in the plantation.Following their visit his wife wrote that she had hever seen anything she wanted so much as Hasty Point, but T have an idea they were unable to dispose of the property they expected to sell in order to raise money with which to buy down here. Later a man came down from Washington City,but money matters seemed to standin his way and nothing came of k£ his Visit | When the wretched financial condition of the country last is considered I suppose it was foolish to even try to sell. winter However time will glad get the to bring about property.We a change will try and some one again the coming will yet winter. be In the past two years the timber shows a marked increase in size and as the price of lumber seems to be on the up grade,I find a little consolation in the thought that the trees,at least,keep on growing. Some day I expect to get an experienced lumber and woods man to go over ‘have the colored place with me and Times were so bad people even lost make a guess at the down here last spring their pliow animals on number of feet we that most of the debt,so we could get only two or three to share crop with us and not much work has been accomplished in clearing new land,but we have kept the underbrush pretty well cut down on that portion heretofore cleared, The white man who came the first of the year planted about three acres of corn,all of which he takes as part of his wages I have had quite a time nursing Jacks dog.I believe I wrote and toid you she had distemper.It was followed by a bad case of chorea, that seems to be incurable. There are a lot of quail,this summer,nesting on the plantation.I doubt if I shot half a dozen last winter,for I wanted to be able to show as many covies as