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West side of the Oconee the <s>4 .<sup>th</sup> </s> Instant, which mentions that a detachment
 
West side of the Oconee the <s>4 .<sup>th</sup> </s> Instant, which mentions that a detachment
 
of about seven hundred volunteers will move some distance into the in-
 
of about seven hundred volunteers will move some distance into the in-
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mas Country. the result of this will be transmitted for the information
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mas Country: the result of this will be transmitted for the information
 
of the President of the United States.
 
of the President of the United States.
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There will be a necessity for additional supplies of
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items - a thousand swords and two hundred and fifty pair of pistols
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would be a most sensible supply.
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I shall be very happy to have recommended to me
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the general system that may be adopted by the President of the United
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States as nearly as the nature of the case will by any mean admit.
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I have the honor to be,
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Sir, your most obedient servant.
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Edw .<sup>d</sup> Telfair
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The Secretary of War}
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State House, Augusta 18th June 1790
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Sir,
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Agreeably to my letter to you of the 12th instant the result of the going out of a detachment of volunteers, I have now to communicate. They proceeded on to the Oakmulga, about forty miles distant from the Oconee, and from the circumstances of their provisions they