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I ^only conceive it a duty I owe the public, and the people State
Over which I have the honor to preside, to become
Acquainted with a Circumstance, which appears
pregnant, with important consequences ^& events of for which,
I hope you will have no objections

I have the honor &c &c &c

Signed

John Sevier

Zach Cox esq^r.

N^o. 1.

20 Aug^t. 97

Recorded

I I am informed