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I would earnestly recommend it to you, to communicate
the matter freely to the president, relating ^to him all the
attending circumstances; his well known knowledge
of the laws of nations, the sacred regard he has
always discovered for the [Chastened?] rights of
the states, induces me to believe that different
measures will be pursued from those of his
predecessor. I need not say more to you
on the subject, your knowlege of every particuar
relative to the business is sufficient- you also
know the disposition of the people, and should
they be removed from the plantations the have
possessed for a number of years, you can
readily suggest the consequences? I am anxious
to hear how we stand with the french and I hope
a war may be averted, tho I confess I have my
fears; I believe they have a number of emissaries
throughout this and the southern states

I have the honor to be very respectfully
Sir
your m.^o obed.^t serv.^t

J Sevier

The Honble
Mess^rs Cooke &
Blount - a copy
for each -}