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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