Letter from Green D. Redwine to Thomas W. Redwine concerning poor business in Mississippi, the scarcity of women and good parties, and traveling to Kentucky and Arkansas in search of better business as well as a visit to family in Alabama. Transcription: Mississippi Tishomingo County January the 30th 1859 Dear Brother I Rec'd your letter some time since and red the contents of it with pleasure and now I have the opportunity of answering it. I am injoying tolerable good helth at this time and I hope that these few lines may reach and find you injoying the same good blessings. I haven't any thing important to write at pressent. I would have wrote to you before now but I have ben unsettled in mind looking around rather I have come to the conclusion that this plaice wont suit me or my business any better than that country will. So I think I will leave this plaice the last of next month which will be February. I and Cameron expect to finish our job in three weeks and then we have a idea of viewing a potion of Kentucky Arkansas and see if we can do any better in those countrys than we can where we have bin. I rec'd a letter from sister Nancy and Mariah last evening. They stated that they were all well. Also I was up in Ala at Brother Johns two weeks ago. I fond them all well. When I left there one of his boys was sick with the bad cold or something. So John has 4 fine boys. The largest is large to hoe corn like any thing pick cotton etc. I was at preaching to day. I suppose the were 50 persons there. They cawled that a grate turnout. They have preaching once a month at a church. I had the pleasure of going to preaching three times sence I have ben in this country. They no plaices of amusement in this country like they are there. They have a party once and a awhile and ? they dance them that can. I was at two partys during Christmas. One was at Johns. They dont take on here at partys like they do there. Girls are scarce in this vicinity and but few pretty ones. When you write again you must tell me about your injoyments and how you are getting along with the ladies. If you receive these few lines in time to write me a letter by the last of next month I be glad to her from you. If not so you had better wait until I will again. They have made a law in this state that you cant collect a debt out of a man by law without he worth over $2000.00. Nothing more at present that I know of worth writeing. I remain your honerable brother until death Green D. Redwine to Mr. T. W. Redwine