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the government, from the facts above stated to list the worthlessness of the county credit - 
I submit this subject to your mature reflection
And so far as my beat is concerned No 16 I will furnish my own wagon and haul & distribute her prorate for the fourth of the amount due his
And it is a question for you to decide which is best to furnish it on those terms or not furnish it at all,
For testimony of character I refer you to the Hon Wm E, Connelly of the house of delegates Elect from this County,
I saw the Hon R. S, Heflin Judge of Probate the other day and he says he is wholy unable to get the supplies handled on the terms laid down in your Circular - 
It is not so in other Counties for their scrip is generally worth more or less
Your Obt Sevt
P. G. Trent

P.S. My beat is from 20 to 28 miles from West Point and the nearest one in the County to RR

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