5 Sept. 1794. Sir. I have been honored w the [strikethrough: your] letter of the 4^th inst. and beg you to be [undecipherable] that it would have given me great pleasure [undecipherable] circumstances [strikethrough: [undecipherable] of a free compliance [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] note to Gov. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]] but from the arrangements in [strikethrough: [undecipherable] Christian] boundary line and to [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] over the [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] [strikethrough: [undecipherable] intruders upon their Land] and from the [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] relative to their [undecipherable] it would not be proper [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] to [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] give any recommendation to or let any Officers on that frontier which might be construed into a permission to visit or survey Land within their boundaries. I am Sir with the gre^t respect &c &c --- 5 Sept. Sir Gen Noailles has stated to me that a [undecipherable] his friend is about to depart for the State of Tenessee to visit some property there and have deeds of it recorded, and has requested me to mention him to your Excellency. From the confidence I have in the General, I [undecipherable] readily comply with his request, believing that Mr. Keating's object can be no other than what is [undecipherable: expressed]. With great respect &c Governor John Sevier.