William Engle to Richard Yates

Sweetwater June 5th 1860

R. Yates Esqr

My Dear friend yours of the 24 June is to hand I Will Do my Best to have some Money for you at Washington on the 13th But I fear I Shall not Have Much In fact I have not as Much on hand to Day as will pay my Expenes up to Washington I Have Nine Thousand Dollars Due me here Mostley on What is Cald Good men But I Cant Git a Dollar I am in Distress about the note I owe you I Never pass Day With out thinking of It & I will pay It as soon as posable The Rail Road owes me $135 for a horse Sold the Engeneer & Eigty five Dollars Cash paid Kellag for the Road near [Yeazport?]

& I am not Getting nether principal nor Interust on Either I wish to Turn them to you If there Is any way to Do It & Let you Git the Money of the Rail Road funds She owes me the Money & I want It to pay you It was on your Letter that I Let the horse Go & on John Benetts that I paid the $85 to Kellaq If I can Git them amounts I can pay you

I shall not Be able to Get a full proxey as the people Is mad By Being Sued & will not sign a proxey for the old Bond & I prefer to Let them a Lone Rather than Take a proxey with Instructions to vote against the old Bond I shall have abut one hundred votes I think & G Blon had Got some of my Neighbors

[Illegible] Georg Blane Wishes to Deliver up his contract on Tahr on the Road he Says he Is Done his Worke & Dont Wish to Stand Good for all the Damage that maybe Done by Stalk on Heavy Rains I Realy Wish that the Contracors Could Receive his Worke & Let the old man off If you can Do any thing to help the old man in a settlement with Lupkin I Wish you would as he Is verry  ancious about the matter

Verry Respectfully your obediat Servant

Wm Engle

Hon Richard Yates

W. Engles