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says he has been every where and can
get no [s?t] corn [seet?] - some is expected
on Monday - & he will then send it to
you - he has been trying to get Salt Peter
& as yet has not found any - he will go
again tomorrow &if obtainable send
it with the Mellon seed tomorrow -

Sugar / best brown / 10^cts per [lb?] and the
common / very mean / 8 1/2 & 9 - flowr $11 a
barrel for best [Georgia?] $14 - a barrel for best
Northern - Flowr is falling - Cotton a
little rise - I hope you enjoyed the
[shad?] I sent to you - I am so sorry
that they were not fresh but I had not
another dollar - or did I know till too late
that John Haggard had [corned? ?]
Oh how much I wish to send you some
thing nice every boat - but every thing
is so enormourly high - Did you like the
shirt [?ousoms?]? I hope you did , for I think
they wer very good -, please call on me
for any thing I can do I love to do for
you so much my own darling Mother
if you do not approve any of my purchaces
send them back and I will try again
I think it must have been very [?]
to have your nice dinner spoiled - Oh
how anxiously I look for mal days dear
Mother do not now write me every mail your
own dear self - but make ask one of my
dear sisters to let me know how you all
are - I know how trying it is for you
to write - Measels are spreading fast all