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Knoxville 8^th March 1797

Sir,

On the 29^th January ultim^o I was
honored with yours of the 12^th & 13^th
of the same. I should have answered
them immediately but was
then on a journey through the
lower Cherokees & expected to be
at this place as soon as a runner
could have arrived, the high waters prevented
me. I will attend to the particulars
their order.

The law of Congress and adverted to in your
first, has, I believe, generally give him the same
impressions what you suggest at first
view. I know it did on me. But from
a more accurate examination I think
it demands a different construction.

In the preamble it is said "Be it
enacted &c that the following boundary
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