Your much esteemd favour of the 17th of april Containing the fullest evidence that you still Recollect and appriceate my best endeavours to serve my Country has been Received with all that heart felt satisfaction which true friendship inspire. I may truly be calld the trenk of the times except that nothing Can ever change my Determination for a moment to be of all the service in my power to my Country: I hear with the greatest pleasure that Mr John Randlph has lost his election and that our mutual friend Mr Epps Succeeds him numerous as my Days are my hart still pants for Glory and two of my sons one the majour Genl of East Tennessee and a nother Capt of a troop of horse accompanied me to East Florida where I had the pleasure1 to see them both in the Ranks as Volunteer Citizen soldiers and to be an eye witness that they did their duty in the hour of danger the most Romantick accounts of ancient shevalry does little surpass the Valor exhibited in the Lochway towns by my Gallant Comrades in that most dangerous & fortunate interprise they will be always dear as my children to me my Loss of Mrs Cocke and the shamefull Surrender of Genl Hull determined me to take an active part & once more to march to meet the enimys of my Country this Determination2 I expreessed in a charge at sparta and may be seen in a paper published at Nashville Calld the whig I have proven my sincerity by my actions Toreys still hate me and most of the Federallists dispise me yet I still Glory in being what you know me to be and although I am Giting old I injoy Good health and a desire still to be usefull Yours most sinceerly

Wm Cocke