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now being fed by Government is still less, than two thousand (2000) would be to each of the five Colonies proposed.
If out of the foregoing suggestions you can find anything that will aid you in your arrangement for the coming winter, I shall feel justified in stepping out of my official duties to make them.
I am General
Very Respectfully
Your Obnt Servt
Thos. J. Kerr
Capt & A.Q.M.