from folder 220: Wills & Indentures

and and as we have no security for what the future may bring forth I am the more anxious to dispose of it at the earliest period. As I have delayed writing so long I fear your answer will not reach me here by the 1st of Febr. when I want to leave, you had best therefore direct it to me at Mobile, to care of Tartt, Stewart & Co. There is a gentleman in Mobile who wishes to buy, and I promised to let him know what we would do when I return there. I hope therefore to receive your reply on my arrival in Mobile. There are 1300 acres of land in the tract & the sum put down would make the price about $16 per acre which is lower than any lands of the kind can now be purchased. from 20 to 30 dollars per acre are readily obtained for lands here, and there is no place in this section better improved and with more conveniences than this. It has cost me a great deal of labor and expense to get every thing well arranged and comfortable.