Agreeable to promise I with you, and apologize for being silent so long.

I made a stay at memphis of about two weeks and found things rather dull there, and then proceeded to his place. Here also I find the hard times are felt even more than in Mississippi .__

I have here received some patronage, but do not think I shall have enough to keep me busy more the three or four weeks longer, when I shall likely either to go Balto [Baltimore] or to the Warren Springs or North Carolina , but as yet I am undecided.__ Since I have been here I have spent my time very agreeably. I have seen all the wonders of this section and among them the greatest men of the age. the Hero of N [New]. Orleans I spent the day with Genl [General]. Jackson (by invitation) and found him in an enfubled & debilitated state, yet as Easy and affable as ever. I should have been pleased to have had the pleasure of your company in this visit. When I arrived here Dr [Doctor] J.H. Badger was here__ he has since left & will return in augt [August] [unclear: He plugs a tooth well ]__ Two Dentists reside here named Gunn & Backut__ both ala Dubbs

ala Dickinson Hill & Co [Company]__ of course you may know their standing by this comparrison [comparison].

On the whole it is rather a [unclear: picaune ] place at least much more so than Natchez , although the town is twice or more than twice as large and much better built & improved. It is beautifully situated on a solid rock on the banks of the Cumberland . I will send you a paper soon with a view of the Hermitage over the head of the Editorial Columns__

Please request Mr [Mister] Daimphon to send my weekly paper here.

Write me all how business goes & havethe illustrious Mountain (not hill) comes on, also the man who dubbs himself Doctor, and this dickens, & the ninth part of a man (you know it takes nine tailors to make a man), so write me have they all move ahead & e&. [etcetera]

I hope you maintain yr [your] position as cock of the walk, and that the small fry do not discover any large fish.

Write me soon as I may leave before your letter arrives unless you do. Is it hot with you? It is cool & pleasant here. Myself & family are in usual health. Remember me to my friends and believe me Sir

Yours Very Sincerely

H Knapp

[added: DG Broom M.D [Medical Doctor].]