Visit to the Gleaves Homestead, Plans to Move Back to VA

To Samuel Gleaves
At the College
Washington County
VA

To Salmuel Gleaves
Rusle (Russell) County State of Virjinia May 24th 1840

Dear Cousin I take this as a favorable opportunity of righting to you to let you no that I am well and hoping that these few lines will find you enjoying the same blessing(.) I am at this time living in a little village called labannon(.) I left uncle james T. Gleaves house on the (page torn) instant and they ware all well save Grand Mother and she was very feable and in deed [I] did not think that she could last (rest of line scratched out) very long(.) when I started home and I came five miles below the seven mile forde and my filley was geting so bad with the destemper that she could not drink to do any good and I sent her on to Tenn and I started out on foot to hire work and I have found some but how much I do not know(.) I am very well pleased at the appearane of my bosss and we have very good sosiety in this little village and if I can get work (scratched out) enough to do here I will stay tell fall and then I expect to go back To Tennessee and settle my businesss thier and Come back to this State and settle my self for I am very tired travling(.) I have been all through Tennessee and I have been in Alabama: ealanoise (Illinois) Cayntucka: (Kentucky) Mauria (Missouri) Virjinia and I have never Seen any state that pleased me better than this and this is much the healthiest Country that I ever ware in(.) just let me say to you my Dear Cousin that there is nothing that would aford me much more plasure hear on earh than to hear of you laying up treasures in heaven(.) with these few lines I will bring my letter to a cloase(.) rite to me when you can and send your lines to George A Pruner's sadler shop

From G W Ramsey to Samuel Gleaves