Dear Rittey Ann

A fiew lins more I hav just recived a fiew lins a bout 10 minets a go from you which I red with pleasure I was glad to hear from you all one time more and to hear that you was all a getting a long so well but I was sorry to hear of your eys and Emeleys a being sore yet I had rote the letter and was redey to seal it up and I thought I wold wate to see if our male came in to day I don so and as good luck wold hav it I recived a letter or too in one envellop hav you ever recived a letter from me backed to me and one stamp and envelop in it or not the letter was rote while we was at M^cMinnville and the envellop that was in the letter was backed to me if you hav got it pleas let me no in your ansor to this letter / I rote conserning that land you said it was a going to be solde for tur and I rote to you to bye it or hav it bought and I hav never got eney ansor from it yet. well I heard that Samuel Cargo had resined and come home and I heared that Luandry Cholier had come back on henery M^ckerns place or somers in the settel ment and the news is that she is one a mong the worst rebels that you hav thare as bad as tha can get. tell the Old Man and Old ladey Sinks that I send my best respects to them and tell the old man that his letters that he said he wold send to me I hav never got them to read yet and tell G. W. Baker that I hav not bin botherd with them letters he rote to me I had no truble to read them when I got them but I never got eney that is what is the matter with the Purp tell him to whip Donelson a gane for me /

 

            Well we hav a fine time hear we lay on our beds of grass of a nite when we are not on garde Wollhether and me is in a little frame house that we put up our selvs it is a bout eight feet long or ten long and a bout seven wide and a nice fire place to it made of brick him and me sleeps to gether we live on coffey bred and meat and bang belley or beans which ever you please to call it

 

the Boys is all well only the sore eys my eys is som sore yet I dont docter them only with cold watter

 

you said you had som thing on your mind but you wold not rite it I want to no what it is pleas let me no soon I dont hav eney Ide of going in the servis a gane if I live I think three year is a nuff for me So fare well

John W. Sanders         Rittey A Sanders /

 

                        A fiew lins more

                                    tell Jacob if he will be a good boy when I come home I will by him a calf and hav him a yoke of calvs to drive and tell the girls to be good to each other and tell them to take care of thare coalt and lambs and feede them well

 

the boys hav not got thare furlows fixt yet but as soon as tha get to start I will send that pen to you by one of them

 

So fare well to all

rite soon

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