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Knoxville April 30^th 1799 -

Sir

By virtue of an act of the General As-
sembly of the State of N^o Carolina, accompanied with
a resolution of the same, relative to the office of Mar-
tin Armstrong Esquire, we the undersigned have
been appointed by his Excellency, the Governor of N^o Ca=
rolina, to lay before your Excellency sundry com-
munications and dispatches, and having arrived in
Town late last evening, now wait at M^r So[page damaged]
villis Ordinary, for a convenient and proper ho[page damaged]
of visiting your excellency on the business aforesaid
and which we hope you will notify us of by
appointing such time as will be most conveni-
ent and suitable.

We have the Honor to be
Your Excellencies mo^st obd^t

J Willis
&
Fran^s Locke