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Monroe Ouachita 27. April 1822
D Sir.
I returned yesterday from New Orleans after a passage of 4 days & 15 hours = Thus we travel 500 miles against a strong current, in one tenth of the time we employed in barges we are that much in proportion nearer to our great market - I have given to my friend M[[superscript]]r[[/superscript]]. [[Chen ?]] the Collector, a small box[[strikethrough]]es[[/strikethrough]] directed to you which he promised to forward with dispatch - It contains a Stone evidently reduced to its shape by men - I found it in my field - a piece appears to me broken off = It has a perfect resemblance with the [[underlined]][[Greek letters - ζίσκος?]][[/underlined]] of the anci[[strikethrough]]e[[/strikethrough]]ent greek, which was also made of Stone - you know that they called the brass ones [[underlined]][[Greek letters -Σολο?]][[/underlined]] - It is probable that the first inhabitants of this country had a game