Notes for Protection of the Frontier: Page #1 Original title: 1797/CYA05_1.jpg Cancel Reset Transcription Knoxville 17th January 1797. Sir: Several times our post rider has been disappointed by not meeting with and receiving the mail at Abbingdon; delays and irregularities too often happen in some quarter. A letter from the Department of War dated August 13th only arrived here on the 11th instant. This came round by the way of Cumberland, and by cut off Notes are a workspace where project participants can keep ideas and observations regarding the transcription of the page. When contributing to the notes, it is encouraged to include the user and timestamp.