I could write concerning my travels in 1843 but I must be breff it will not be SO interesting to any of my friends as to J. Scott and if he requests it I will write him a full account of my undertakings whitch the remainder of this sheet is not half able to contain I will therefor[e] give you a few of the particulars respecting my jurney whitch I heard none of you did beleave and that was the reason that I did not write to you before this time. I left Philad on the 27 April 1843 with the consent of my unkle to transact his business in the western country, I left at 8 o'clock in the morning and had tea in Carli[s]le, 150 miles from Phil , at 5 o'clock in the eavening of the same day I then went to Chambersburg on the railroad and then toock staging over the alleygency mountains we then had 8 change of stace and 16 changes of horses from there to Pitsburg, making the whole rout[e] to Pitsburg in 56 lowers I would Give you a description of the alleygency mountains but I have not the space to describe it, it is 24 Miles up the mountain and the same distance down it the largest mountan in nort[h] america. when we arived in Pitsburg we bought two horses, I bought a fine-bludded horse from Vi[r]ginia as black as jet 4 years Old and 16 hands high my partner, Mr Martin bought a indian Pony or rather I bought him an[d] he rode him as the stock was all under my responsibility this Martin was once in partnership with my unkle Jonathan on a smuggling excurtion and once with Rob Martin formerly of Ballinagore, Ireland in the Grocery business. however we started out west from Pitsburg on two as good horses as ever crossed a fence the first day we rode 45 Miles and then continued our jurney out west for two weeks averaging from 45 to 50 Miles per day I went and settled my unkles business in the first place and then pursued our Jurney to the western reserve and there commenced purchesing cattle in one day we bought as high [as] 45 head of oxen