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Knoxville 9th August 1804

Gentleman

Having received notice from the Georgia Comm
=issioners proposing a meeting at James Vans on the 15th
Instant, you will readily discover the necessity of
repairing to that place with the utmost dispatch

Permit me to recommend in the first place, an
agreement to be made with the Georgia Commissioners
Consigning to each State an equal part of the road
most conveineint for each party to open and clear out- If
this point should be settled and agreed upon, very
probably your place of meeting will be considered
near the Middle ground- Secondly- you will proceed
to explore and mark out the nearest, best, and most
conveineint routs, for Waggon roads, leading from
the two stations agreed upon between the United States
and Cherokees, (to wit) "From South West point and
Tellico Blockhouse", to such part of the way and
place as may be agreed upon by the Commissioners:
The