My Sister ( Mrs. Caldwell ) who resides near Dancyville in Haywood County Tennessee, writes to me that my boy Addison had left you and was at her house.1 She informs me that she intended to send him back to you. I have written to her and requested her to buy a mule for him to ride down, and to hire some faithfully man to take him back. His conduct is not to be excused, but still when you get him, I do not wish you to treat him harshly. As he has received no countenance at Mrs. Caldwell’s he will not be apt to repeat the visit. I suppose the mule I have directed to be bought will be needed on the place, as Addison informed Mrs. Caldwell that one of my mules was dead. The last letter which I received from you was dated on the 9th of September. I expect another soon giving the weights of the cotton bags which you have made; and how the crop is likely to turn out.

I will return home in March, and will visit the plantation, as soon afterwards as I can leave home with convenience.