May it please your Excellency:
I Received your Letter, with the manifesto, &c., by the hands of your messenger, and I think myself in duty bound to obey your Excellency’s Commands in all points required, both from the Zeal I bear the old State and the respect I bear toward your Excellency.
I have sent one of the Duplicates to Coll’l Harden, of Greene County, who still lives there, and the other is now on the way to Coll’l Shelby.
I shall still continue to discountenance the lawless proceedings of my neighbours, and think myself happy in having the Honor to be Your Excellency’s Most obed’t humble Servant,
Endorsement:
To His Excellency Alexander Martin, Esqr., Governor of N. Carolina.