I propose to you that our partnership should be dissolved on the twenty-fifth day of March next: That the disposal of the lease of the house and every other matter of difference that may arise respecting our dissolution shall be determined by arbitrators—each of us to choose one—and that so chosen they shall appoint a third person as umpire whom they may mutually agree upon previous to their entering upon the business:
I am willing to sign a bond to this effect immediately, and I think that I shall be able to determine my arbitrator some day next week.
As I know this proposal to be as fair as one man could make to another in a like situation, and in order to prevent unpleasant altercation or unnecessary discussion, I declare it to be the last with which I intend to trouble you.
I take this opportunity of saying that, however much we may differ upon matters of business, I most sincerely wish you well.
