Letter, naming an enslaved person Sip

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North Carolina Rowan County
Dear Sir after my compliments to you we are all
pretty well at this time Lydia has had a pew fits
of the fever & Agne except that we have all
been very well; the neighbors in our settle-
ment have enjoyed very good health so far as
I Know; Wheat crops did not turn out as
well as people expected and a great deal of
wheat can scarcely be used in families on the
account of it not being sound grain. Cotton
& corn is pretty good if the season does not continue
two long wet if it does the Cotton must
rot because I never seen larger Cotton in
Rowan County in my life I received your letter
the 27th of August I was truly glad to hear from
you that you was well and I hope doing as well
as you could you wrote to me that you wished to
know what Cook had done with Sip. When Mr.
Cook came to my house he gave me a letter that you
had wrote I know the letter stated that you wished
me assist Mr. Cook in selling Sip; I told Cook
that Mr. Matthews was in this Country and I
thought he would buy Sip provided that none of
the neighbors would not; then the appointment
was between Mr. Cook and myself to meet at
Mr. J Kriders store after I was to let Mr.
Matthews Know about the boy I accordingly
went and seen Matthews at Mr. Thomas Wood
him & Mr. Wood come on with me up to Mr.
Lepard's shop where we met with Mr. Cook
getting Davy shod behind; then Cook & Matthews
was both together they both agreed to meet at
Kriders on the Monday following Mr. Matthews
was to give Cook one thousand and fifty dollars
provided he could make his arrangements suit
though during the time I seen Cook he told me

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that he had advertised Sip for sale he also told the
reason why he done so was if Matthews could
not comply that the sale would go on Mr.
Matthews and myself met according to bargain
but Mr. Cook did not come and the sale
went on Sip was sold on the block at Mr.
Kriders store he brought Eleven Hundred and one
Dollars Cash Mr. James Hughey was the purchaser
I do not fault Cook at all for getting as much
as he could only it was your request to me to
sell the boy where he would be satisfied to
go the boy was very willing to go to Mr.
Matthews I think that Mr. Cook would have
complied with Mr. Matthews if Mr. Johnston had
not interfered. Now John I come to the close of my
letter by expressing a few of my thoughts to you
I may never see any more in this world but still
in hopes that I will but if I never do I hope
how well you may do you must remember
that you have not any more boys to sell you
must remember that you have got all your
Estate which your Grandfather has left you and
I hope that you will stop and think before it
is too late therefore I beg of you to get to
business. I wish you as well as if you was my own
brother. The business you are going into you are
not acquainted with and therefore I hope you will
be more careful I have nothing more but
still remains your most affectionate friend
until death.
[signed] J. Young
Sept. 3rd 1836

I wish you would rite as soon as you receive this letter
and rite more in your letters

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Mt. Vernon, N. C.
Sept 3rd.

To Mr.
Jonathan Burroughes
Hockinsville Georgia