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James Seagrove, Agent
 
James Seagrove, Agent
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to his Excellency Governor Telfair, dated,
 
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August 3.<sup>d</sup>  1793
 
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Sir
 
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By the enclosed extract of a letter from the
 
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Secretary of the War department, your excellency will perceive I
 
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have received positive instructions from the President of the United
 
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States, to go into the Creek nations as soon as I shall have made [undecipherable]
 
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arrangements for my personal safety. This measure is considered and
 
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[undecipherable] as the only one likely to restore and preserve peace and harmony
 
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with the tribes, to effect which in the present conjuncture of affairs
 
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is a matter of the highest importance to the United States, as well as
 
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to this State.
 
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In consequence of these printed instructions, I do [undecipherable]
 
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myself the honor to inform your excellency that I have [undecipherable] to inform
 
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the Chiefs and [undecipherable] of the friendly terms of my intentions
 
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that