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Knoxville April 1 day 1796
Mr Speaker and Gentlemen of the General Assembly
I have the honor to lay before you Governor Vandarhor =ts letter of So Carolina letter & ^together with several Resolutions from Entered into by the assembly of So Carolina, Accompanied by sundry other papers, relative to the making a Waggon [sic] Road over what is commonly called the Western Mountains - I need not point out to you Gentlemen the Great Utility Benefit & advantages that would be derived by ^to the Citizens of this State, in consequence of such a road being [?] & property ^property & sufficiently and I flatter myself that in your deliberation you will ^not hesitate to prov =ide ample and necessary means to effect the same such a [?] & desireable [? ? ? ? ?] An Advantageous and laudable a beneficent [?] purpose
I have the honor to be your devoted Wih due regard Your devoted Serv.t
The Speaker & Gentlemen of the General Assemby
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30 March 1796
Cumberland . . . 6 Knox . . . . . 3 Hawkins . . . . 2 Sullivan . . . . 2 Washington . . 1 Greene - 1 Jefferson - 2 Sevier - - - 1 Blount - - - 1
His Excellency Governor John Sevier