Dear Brother
you ask mee
to take a mission to the
southern states witch I would bee
glad to do if my circumstance
would permit but I have
taken a place and I ^have^ not
been able to prove up an it
yet and I am in debt for
my fencing. So I hope you
will excuse me So no
more at present. I Remanein
Judging him and his other
qualifications by his letter
or rather by his writing, he ought
to be excused from going
on a mission at all
at least for the present
or until he can learn
to write a little better.
I would excuse him until
he can fix his affairs.