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Knoxville 28 June 1798

Dear Sir

Yours of the 8th instant I was honored with on
the 24^th - I learn with surprize, you
have not rec^d any letters from me, for I
beg you to be assured, that I write both to
you and M^r Claiborne by almost every
post, with very few exceptions since you
set out for Congress - The treaty is just
about to commence; the prospects appear
favorable, and Ithink have no doubt a good treaty may
be obtained if desired by the Commissioners -

The poor people is still keept [sic] off their
plantations, and the measures against them
is as rigorous as formerly a measure ^a conduct very
contrary to my expectations, as also every
other person; a misfortune I am extremely
sorry for, and I assure ^you it ^begins to lessens the peoples
confidence in the government beyond calculation,
and nothing but a good treaty in my opinion, will
ever regain that confidence, the people a very
short time since, so fully placed in the government

I have done everything in my power to quiet