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the communication of the Holston and Clinch with the
Tennessee, and the right bank of the last river from our south east
boundary to its confluence with the Clinch, are points to which you will
direct your attention, as also to secure from future molestation the
settlements so far as they have progressed, on the Northern and western
borders of the State, the connecting the districts of Mero and
Hamilton, now separated by a space of unextinguished hunting
grounds of near eighty miles in wedth [sic], will be considered by
you Gentleman as an object of great importance, as the incon=
=veniences rusulting [sic] from the present state of our settlements
must be obvious to every mind conversant with the geography
of the country, and is certainly too irksome to be continued
when the facts are fairly represented. ~

Among your duties will be an examination of
the