Dear Wife it is thru the kind mercey of God that i am permited to drop you a fiew lins more in a cordenc with a searten trade that i am a bout to make with Elaxander king purvided that we can make the pay for him i was about bying the 40 acors that lays rite north of the 20 acors that our hous is on that corners with thare by the well it taks that bottom between henery Mc kerns and our hous you now wher it is if we trade I will hav to giv him 100 and 25 five dollars by letting him hav that note that you hav on Coon and Wiatt i told him tha thought wee cold pay him 80 dollars down i hav 47 dollars with me now and i sent 20 dollars in a letter to you which woll make 67 dollars in all i drew 52 dollars if you think we had better trade let me now as soon as you can and see if you can put in the cow See the old man king and if he will giv you near the worth of her let him hav her tho wate untill i get anansor from you do you think that you can do with out the eighty dollars or not if we trade i will ow him 45 dollars to be pade a ganst Christmas

 

now rite to me and let mee now soon so you see the old man king if you want to trade and tell me all a bout it in your letter rite soon as you get this letter if Elac and mee trads / wee will trade in as soon as you get this and send mee an ansor back Q.C.A. king said that he had baut it of James king he said he loud that James king had made him a dead tho if he has not James will make mee a dead if we trade

 

                                                Rittey Ann      what do you think of the trade

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