Our mutual friend [Greer?] is out

for the Senate and as I predicted

to you last winter Col Campbell

is his opponent[.] [T]he result you

know as well as any one[.]

[A]s yet there is no one out for

the other house nor am I able to say who

will be[.] [T]hose spoken of are

Judge Scurry[,] General Darnell[,] Dr

Ford[,] William Holman[,] Dr Rowe &

Judge Cullen[.] Some of my friends

wish me to run. [M]y Compliance

will depend on circumstances

not that I can ever be indifferent

to there [sic] wishes but I am short

of money & tis my duty to

provide for the Comfort of

my family. Yet I am by no means

prepared to say that I shall

not Constitute one of the Candidates[.]

[I] Should be very happy to get a

line Should you have one

Spare moment from business[.]

Please make my respects to

Dr Jones[,] Col Hockly[,] Gen Terrell[,]

Mr Miller[,] Col Dangerfield etc.

and accept for Mrs Houston &

Yourself the best wishes of

Your friend

K.L. Anderson