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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