Wm.Jones.Letter.To.John.Kasey.Page.3.1841.Breckinridge.HISTORY-Letters Wm Jones Letter To John Kasey Page 3 February 16, 1841 Breckinridge County KyArchives History Letters Book Title: that you have been deceived since I never have done any thing designedly. I am pretty certain that was repugment to the laws of friendship. If my conduct ever has given grounds for this cold cruel treatment. I beg that you will impute the cause to want of desirement in me rather than design and on those grounds pardon the breach that I may have committed. But sir I forget myself. I am not a man to beg the favors of any mans friendship or to entreat him to wrile to me contrary to his own discretion. No sir, it is discretionary with you whether you write or not. But I can tell you one thing sir if you do not write and that speedily I will mount my horse Cudgel in hand and march to that sweet paradice that New Jerusalem garden spot of the world in short that heaven on earth happy old Kentucky and I will beet you till the ravines woods and vales of that receptacle of felicity shall resound echo and _____ with the sound of the merciful blows that I will rain down with exhausting profusion upon you long back……I reason by this time you are tired of this sought of nonsense & want to hear the news or something concerning our Va. Gal. Flesh as to the news I have none of any importance. I have had nothing but a continuance round of pleasure, scarsely since your departure, going to weldings balls & parties the like of weddings, that have occurred in these parts lately are unparalleled in the annuals of history and for me to undertake to give you a list eaven of those which I have been fortunate enough to get to would be an absurdily two goofs to think of. My boards & ruckers are all single yet though fame sez that Mary is likely not to survive much longer it is thought that she will shortly fall a victum to the assiduettes of Edwards Pegram. It is all throught that Cliftons shirt will be long enough to consist over Eliza. I have made several new acquantences with splendid ladies since you left Virginia and have been strongly temped Submitted by: Dana Brown http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00005.html#0001067 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/