Address: Green A. Davis, Union Parish Post Office, Farmerville, La. Caroll County, Tennessee February 16th AD 1845 Dear Cozin, It is with plesure that I take my pen in hand to write you a few lines to informe you that I am well at present. Hoping that these lines will find you injoying the same blesing. Our friends is well at presant. What is living thare? Is not much complant in the neighborhood at this time. There has been great deal of sickness this sumer and fall. Edward Montgomery died the 17th day of March in the 1843. Father died the first day of January, 1845 so thare is two of the family died in 3 years next June. This part of the world don't soot us tho I hante had no sickness since I come here but as times is bad, I would like to leave this part and hunt som other home and I should like to know what sort of a country yourn is, for I have some notion of that corse. You will write to me and send me the truth about your part of the world and send me the staple comodity of that country, tho you wrote to David Y Davis that you were coming this fall. I hope that I shall see you if you will come. Perhaps I will go home with you and some of the reste talks like tha would go too. So if you will come, you will have company back shore for if non of the rest will com, I will be sertin to go, if I don't move thar. So come and see how your old aquantinces looks and your old play mates when children. It has been 8 or 10 years since I saw you. You wodnent know me from some old hunter. I would be glad to see you and your wife and children, to see if tha are pretty as you say tha are. I want you to write to me as soon as you get this leter and write whither you intend to com or not in the fall. Tho you must be sertin to com, if you possable can. Unkle David is well and Aunt Jane and James, John, David, Sarah and all the children. Mother and her folks is well and so are the friends. So I must bring my litle leter to a cloze. You must excuse my bad spelling and scratching. Send me answer. I remain your sincer friend. David G. Montgomery