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a party armed [strikethrough] to teeth [/strikethrough] entire with Pistols Guns &c

Please answer me at Waynesboro Ga & if you could make us an address in Burke I think a good deal of good could be did as all the Farmers wish it & desire that you should explain to the freedmen (those formerly our slaves for they will not believe us) that the Land is not to be divided January 1866.

Excuse me for troubling you but i know of no other way to make my petition than to you. 

Yours Very Respectfully
Geo. W. Sapt