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     I have the honor to inform you, that
 
     I have the honor to inform you, that
 
Judge Innes transmitted me a copy of a letter
 
Judge Innes transmitted me a copy of a letter
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written by him to you, dated the 10th May last on
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the subject of scouts to be called out in certain
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cases for the internal defence of your county
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at the expence of the United States.
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    Since writng the former letter to
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Judge Innes, authorizing him to write to you
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the arrangement has been changed and+.
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[left margin, 1/4 page turned] To the mark + prefaced the letter to
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the Lieutenant in Kentucky and dated
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29 July 1790.
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    I have now the honor by the direction
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of the President of the United States, to inform
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you that the authority contained in said letter
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relative to said scouts is to be considered as
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having ceased and terminated upon your
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receiving this letter, duplicated of which I
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have written and transmitted to you.
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    The representations of the then deplorable
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situation of the frontier counties, and the high
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estimation of the said scouts were held in by
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the inhabitants, were the inducements of the
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President of the United States, to consent to
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calling forth that expensive special of militia
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    as
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