4 pages, 8vo, 5 1/4 x 7 in., minor brown spotting. 

The author writes about his prospects and possibly moving west to Santa Fe or California: "If I do cross the plains I shall go to California but if I have good health I shall stay here though I do not like to live in a slave state."

He continues with information about enslaved individuals' clothing and living situations: "You wanted to know if niggers wore hoop. Some do and some don't, some slaves in broadcloth and silk and some go nearly naked. Slaves have there [sic] stent to do so much & if they do eny [sic] more they are payed [sic] for it. Most of them have a peace [sic] of ground that they all there [sic] own."