I received your letter on the 2nd of this month, and I should have answered it at once, but I had not received a reply from Mrs. Colonel Chapman, our Colonel's wife, to whom page 9 I had written on the subject of your husband's land claim. Three days ago this long-expected letter arrived, and it is with great pleasure I tell you that Mrs. Chapman has seen Mr. Whitaker, and he says there is no doubt of Captain Beadon's claim, and also says he (Mr. Whitaker) has land close by your husband's, which he bought ^*under the same circumstances, and he will be only too glad to prove Captain Beadon's claim.