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Letter from Richard Caswell to John Jay
Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789; Caswell, Winston, b. 1764
September 13, 1787
Volume 20, Pages 773-774

TO THE HON’BLE JOHN JAY, ESQ., MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, NEW YORK, FROM WINSTON CASWELL.

State of North Carolina,
September 13th, 1787.

Sir:

I am directed by his Excellency the Governor of this State (who is very ill and unable to write) to acknowledge the receipt from your office of your Letter of the 3d of July together with extracts of Letters

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and information from his Excellency John Adams; those matters are alarming and meet with every attention the Governor can give them.

I have the Honor to be with great respect, Sir,
Your most obedient and most humble servant,
WINSTON CASWELL, p. Sec.