Ravinswood [sic] WVa
Mr A I Bormen [sic] [unreadable text] myself to rite [sic] you afew [sic] lines to know if you have sent Green Slack the liste [sic] of Capt Kinge [sic] Compy [sic] of Stats Scouts I whent [sic] to see mr Slack and he said you have not sent hime [sic] the liste [sic] of the amount of time due ech [sic] men he ses [sic] that he is redy [sic] to pay the mouney [sic] when ever you send hime [sic] the list. Sow [sic] pleas [sic] rite [sic] to me and lete [sic] me now [sic] if you have sent hime [sic] the list or note
John W. Cotreel [sic]
Transcription by Autumn Drummond, undergraduate student enrolled in Dr. Billy Joe Peyton's Fall 2010 "Introduction to Public History" at West Virginia State University