Early Governors' Papers

Raleigh Dec^r 30^th 1803.

My Dear Sir

Before the receipt of this you will have rec^d all the papers which in any Manner relate to the Subject of my Mission to this Place

The Governor to day showed me a Copy of a Memorial of our representatives in Congress, stating a wish that Congress would ap= =point Commissioners to settle the dispute be= =tween the U States and Tennessee respecting the surplus lands

Before I left Knoxville Maj^r Macmin showed me a letter as well I recollect from Judge Anderson upon that subject It was Just before the rise of the Assembly It [con=] =tained an Expression of a desire that the Legis= =lature of our State, should give the representa= =tion in Congress some fresh Instruction, rela= =tive to the subject

M^r McMinn asked my opinion, I told him that it would perhaps be best for the present