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COPY OF A LETTER TO JAMES NELSON. 
 
 .||- August 4, 1846 
 
 James Nelson : — * ' 
 
 On 'my rotiirn #*Mii ftk^ttSKI) aftor parting with you at 
 Smyth's Falls, and not meeting with you on my return as an- 
 ticipated and agreed upon, I went to see Mr. Ilenry Mott, to 
 see if he would consent for me to part with his notes, which 
 I had promised him not to sell when I took them. After 
 some persuasion he reluctantly consented, and early on Mon- 
 day morning the 37th h\\y, I ai'aln Htartod to see you,togivc 
 you his notes upon your quit-cluiming the land to me as you 
 had proposed ; but to my utter surprise when 1 arrived at 
 Smyth's Falls I was soon informed you had taken a capeas 
 for me, and also that you had calumniated me with having 
 committed forgery, and one person said you added I also had 
 committed perjury. You base villain, to dare thus to 
 use my name! Here read a copy of your receipt given to 
 me the 2:id day of January Inst: 
 
 " Received of John Coleinati, n Deed of lot No. 23, U/A 
 Con. of Moniagne, iu full of his Bond, nho an agreement, in 
 full for his note of fifty-five pounds for the Tom Horse, due 
 in the month of February last. 
 
 (Signed) JAMES NELSON. 
 
 '^Smyth's Falls, Jan'y 22d, 1846." 
 
 Here follows a copy of the Bond or agreement : 
 
 "KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that 
 whereas, there has been a Deed of lot No. 23, \Jth Con., of 
 Montague, in the Province of Canada, given by John Cole- 
 man_^or by his means) for the sum of one hundred and five j/ 
 
 spell or write good English; and after all your pomposity and 
 would-be-thought-somebody, you are really more like the 
 butter-mouthed demagogue than any thing else 1 can coin- 
 pare you to, fit only to asijui^iate with jho wrangling, low- 
 bred, horse-race-course c»tn{kany, where you could fully ex- 
 ercise your horsemanship eloquence and extravagances, or in 
 the enclosures if the smokings of the hatter's work ifhop. 
 
 One thing more 1 have to state to you, that you observed 
 to Messrs. Wright & Curtia, after the ^resment made last 
 January. You said to them you wouUi sell at the lirst olTer, 
 even if it did not am nt to £25, and make m. pay the bal- 
 ance, (but as is usual with-you, you cared not for the fulfil- 
 ment of that agreement any more than formerly.) But one 
 thing I will here observe Unyou ; if you had, or should sell 
 that land far below its value, in the way .you hold it you 
 would be liable to account aomething reasonable for it. (If 
 your shallow pate docs not ioiow, enquire of legal authority.) 
 
 I shall for the present damiss you, and as fast as possible 
 proceed to find Samuel Mdti, and after iiiy return shall see a 
 little to your Oath, and to the Tile calumny you haVe express- 
 ed against me— you and SQnje others. 
 
 Hoping you may enjoy .yoor demerits with soul-condemn- 
 ing dissatisfaction, ?■ i 
 
 JOHN COLEMAN. 
 
 _^i, AuoL-ST- 4, 184G. I 
 
 A few words to the I^^tious FarnuTsville Magistrate. ' 
 pounJs, received in two entire Horses, from Jamos Nelson, i^^"' Samuel Molts' aclingihosbarid, and Mrs. MalindS Selees I 
 and .t is fully agreed upon between the parties that the said - f'SquT'^. theinliimous black-hearted, yellow skinned Swago 
 James Nelson shall sell the said lot to the best advantage in i ^'^.^> Bates;^tbe man unttt|he present, that I never laid the 
 
 his power on or before the morrth of .Tune ne»t, and should 
 the sail) amount to over the said sum of one hundred and live 
 pounds, then and in such case he the said James Nelson i.s to 
 pay the said Coleman all it brings over that amount, and the 
 said John Coleman herein binds himself, in case the said land 
 should not amount to the said sum of one hundred & five pounds, 
 to pay any sum that such sale should fall short of that amount 
 within ninety days from such sale, unto the said James Nel- 
 
 weight of a straw in his_w^, ,nor would 1 now stop to siL 
 any thing of the libdrtifte, wWe it Jiot on account of the unpre- ' 
 voked manner in which hollas attempted my cliaracier witii 
 hisfilse accusations iuul bajfft-caluinnies, by saying that llieie 
 has been forgery committeff in obtaining the ggmt from the 
 Crown of Samuel Mott's ^IfeE. claim of laiul as I am inform- 
 ed, and .says the papers amin my hand writing. 1 will here 
 relate what took place with me in a trade several years since. 
 
 son, his heirs or assigns, as witness our hands and seals this with a man by the name ofSanford ;— 
 
 (A true copy.) 
 
 22d day of January, 1846 
 
 (■Signed) JOHN COLEMAN 
 
 (Signed) JAMES NELSON. 
 
 At Smyth's Falls, in presence of } 
 (Signed) Wii. Simpson. ^ 
 
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 L. s,] 
 
 While in an Inn at Brockville, I was called by the name of 
 Coleman by some person. This man, then to me a stranse;, 
 enquired of me if I was the Coleman that owned lands in the 
 upper part of the Province ? I replied no, that it was my 
 brother. He said he had a claim for a lot in Montai^uo he 
 should like to exchange for land or claims, to be located as 
 And after reading and reflecting on your last unjustifiable I there were some fair chants of location in the Western Dis- 
 
 stcp in swearing out a capeas, see if the last accu-sation you 
 made against me at the Falls, will not well apply to yourself 
 in that case. — After the information I received at the Falls, 1 
 immediately changed <ny purpose and determined to take 
 care of my person and also of what property you might at- 
 tempt to attach in my ab.sence, and go and find Samuel Mott 
 and see if there was any foundation for a dispute in the title 
 of the t.bove lot referred to ; that, together with some other 
 business, will detain me for a time ; but be assured 1 shall in 
 in all be as expeditious as possible, and call you and others 
 to an account for the slanders you have made use of against 
 me ; also strive to bring your to an account for the oath you 
 took against me. That oath when compared with the papers 
 I hold will not look well., But you say there is suspicion of 
 the deed. But matter of suspicion is not always matter of 
 fact, (and as to the facts of the case I intend soon to know.) 
 
 Juet look at your vagabond treatment towards me for more 
 than two years paat, and the repeated refusals you made to 
 take the Deed procured for you as agreed in the covenant of the 
 bond I gave to you in April, 1844, the many .slanderous stories 
 and absolute falsehoods you tolrl others. ' In fact you never 
 told the truth to any persnn you ever conversed with on the 
 subject — done all you could to underrate and lessen the value 
 
 trict. I said to him I hadiwo Militia Claims I had bought- 
 that perhaps I might exchange with him if his lot was any 
 way good, and I found upon inquiry it would answer. He 
 then produced a Bond from Samuel Mott, also a lengthy pow- 
 er of Attorney, but neither of them in the right form to be 
 of ar.y service in obtaining the grai.t, lie then wished ine to 
 put Imiu in the right way to obtain, and I either gave him cop- 
 ies or drew them out for him, the time being long since I do 
 not recollect which, and agreed with him, at his recjuest, if 1 
 did not trade with him to act as his Agent, and receive the 
 grant, and do what I could for him in selling, saying to him 
 at the same time that it would be better when Mott executed 
 the papers for him to come where he was when the papers 
 were made out for the location, as it might otherwise be ques- 
 tioned if he was the same person, and if so it might be diifi- 
 cult to make that out. These queries arose in my mind from 
 a trouble in transacting the getting of some claims establish- 
 ed from the youngest of some of the late Reuben Mott's fam- 
 ily had to produce, evidence from well known aged persons 
 that they were actually of the old Mr. Reuben's family, the 
 ancient U. E's., as there had been so many applicants of the 
 name, the last ones began to bo questioned very closely. But 
 to return. Some few months after I met with Sanfon 
 
 o..ijji.i,i— uu.ie uu yuu uuiiiu lo uiKierraie and lessen ine value , lo return. Some lew months alter 1 met with Sanford again 
 of the land to others— abused anJ ir.siiited me in every letter | in Brockville, being much in ihe place in those days doing bu- 
 you wr<>tf= to me, pxceptiiig tin- ni.-il.-.tllhough I must confess | .sjnci^s for my brother, and ir ' . .• . ? - 
 
 it was hard to find oni the true meaning, for you can neither I the lot, had not got 
 
 oin till! eliquuie.s I had i' ade of i 
 a very favorable account of the lot or i 
 
 township. Having seen Mr. Francis Mott in the village, i 
 Ml Mr. Sanford for a while to find him, and when 1 found 
 him he encouraged ma j t it rade, saying a Mr. Rose had told 
 him the lot was pi'"tty^E^>^ w« w«nt tu Mr. David Mail's. 
 I called on him lately i a| p whet he recollected of the affair 
 and he states as folio WfM* 
 
 Some years ago, tho^| exactly from any paiticular cir- 
 cumstance I do not recoliedl, I was called on" by J. Coleman, 
 in Brockville, to accompany liim lo Mr. D. Mair's Inn, he 
 saying to me there wa.'j a J»r.son there having a claim from 
 Samuel Mott for land, api^ diou;;iit I might have some knowl- 
 edge if such a claim wai||ood ; also said he had given en- 
 couragement, if upon en(|pi'y h- found the lot to answer his 
 wishes, of giving a.s.sigiime(lts for the same quantity of land to 
 be located. His name waS JJaiii >id— said lie then lived at or 
 near ClearvlUe, in the Western District. There were two 
 other persons with him whose names I do not recollect. San- 
 ford produced a lengthy jgf er of Attorney from Sam'l Mott, 
 also a power to obtain tlKi^it by Malcom Cameron, and an 
 order for J. Coleman to ^H^ the graivt when obtained and 
 some other papers. •'?'1™^ 
 
 The said parties, Sanfprrf oW Coleman, Ihtn entered into 
 an agreement: the said Col&raan waste give to him an assign- 
 ment for one hundred ac^R3j»f laud so soon as the grant issu- 
 ed and was in his possesait^j and the assignment for the oth- 
 er hundred when he procur^ the conveyance deed to him, 
 which he agreed to do. fjlm a' subscribing witness to the 
 agreem?at th"^i ui ule >' japin them, two agreements, each' 
 party holding ..e. (^Sig^d,) FKANCIS MOTT. 
 
 July, 1846. ^ 
 
 In a late conversation with U^. Francis Mott, he says he 
 recolle^ very distinctly all that l^ttlittedj'unng the time of 
 
 spells siihject to me in t^oso dnvs, an3"had whani coiiimon- 
 ly called a spell of the blues, ai-d had to take some to be able 
 to do business at all. One thing I am sure of, if the papers I 
 gave or made out for Sanford in the first instance were the 
 ones executed, I am sure Wiftd no act or any thing to do with 
 the execution of thi-m, fol^ have never seen Samuel Mott 
 since ho left Canada, althotfgh 1 have frequently heard of him; 
 but I have frequently scenhis rtife with Josh Bates, and who 
 knows but the liberlinell^nhing thinks if he can but disturfi' 
 the title, he will finally Tall heir to the U. JO. lands of Samuel 
 Mott, as well as his w^ ? And if so, I am s'.ill in further 
 dilTieulty. Fifty acres or'^the land I lately sold to Henry 
 Mott, I had of George Selee, and Malinda Selee, his wife, is 
 also under the special care and protection of this famous per- 
 •sonago, who has as goo^^pi right to cluim a dower in the on<! 
 case as in the other. 
 
 Malinda, simple llitfi'g, often remarks to her old friends, 
 how generous Josh is Ajj^her, often gives her a dollar or two 
 oyer and above her wages. The licentious magistrate— this 
 vile calumniator of my tjharacter, shall yet receive his re- 
 ward. \ I will not remj^ unconcerned while my reputation 
 is invaded, nor treat thelftccusirs in silence. 1 "will, as soon 
 as I can shap • my aj^irs, endeavor to repel the aggression, 
 and bring certain indivTifuals to justice. 
 
 What character is there more despicable than the vile slan- 
 derer and the base c^M|niator ? The thief and the robber 
 are entitled to higher JMlaB ; even the assassin, who stabs at 
 your life, is but littlji|Hb, for, once stabbed by the tradu- 
 cer of character, it<>WB»<) of what is most estimable and de- 
 sirable—your reputS^P-life would scarcely be worth pos- 
 sessing. And a certalf! writer observes respecting the slai>- 
 derer thus — 
 
 "He who slenls my puree sIc.tI.s Irasli ; 
 But ho who robs mo of my (jood name, 
 Takes that which profits lilni not, 
 nut makes mo poor indeed." 
 
 No more at preselfT, but as soon as I return after seeing the 
 lawful husband of the woman you call your wife, you will 
 hear inori? from me 
 
 JOHN COLEMAN 
 
 
 
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