Some time has elapsed since we have been favoured with a line from you, or indeed any of our friends, except My Father, Feeling quite anxious to hear from you, And at the same time knowing it to be my duty to write to you as an Uncle I take the liberty of forwarding a few lines by My friend. Yea and a friend to Mankind Mr Woods who has promised to deliver it himself I have written Cousin Martha Randolph three times and have not received a line from you since I have been in Kentucky, it is dear Uncle a moral imposible for me to describe to you the hart rending troubles we have experienced since we left Virginia I dare say you are not unapprised of some of it, However since the 21 of April last I have been some what happier, as on the evining of that day, I maried a Man who has been as Kind to me as you can posibley conceive, we are quite poor but happy Mr Woods can tell you as much or more tha[n] I can write concerning him Mr Woods dear Uncle the last time he was in virginia suggested that you wished to send some money for our benifits, If so you will be so good as to send by Mr Woods My friend as there will be certainty of receiving what you send, A few day before Marage My husband met with a loss to loose all he owned by fire, therefore I cannot shew our surcemstances more planely