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I Sent you Some papers Included in a letter last Winter. I Expect you got them, they were Concerning that new Survey of land you made adjoining my Patten’d Land at the Seven Mile Tree. No person will attempt I suppose to Concern With it as I am certain no person have any Right to it but my Self as I have Indeed paid to one or other that pertended to Claim it more then the Worth of it to any One but my Self. Should any Body be atempting to do one any Ille Natured thing about it and you be any where handy please to give him a Rebuff about it. Thought to have a preemtion of Land there as I did a good Deal of Work on that Survey you made at the Seven Mile Tree. I shall not Dwell Longer on this Subject as it is Matter of No Vast Consequence. I hear you are appointed with Some other ___ men to go to the Kentuckey this fall on Buissness Relative to the State, I would fondly go with you Expect there will Aide _____ and Convoys a ___ping on the Expedition. I have been atempting to go to the Kentuckey Several times but never Got so Near it as I did the Last time I Saw you. I was a good part of the Way when you and Mr. May and the Dutch man Set off for Gen Lewises. But before Sam Woods and me had left we got Safe through Cumberland Gap and Well on to the Heart of the Country but Just some Dificulty in Geting Back again I would Just observe to you I am well Equip’d for the Journey. The pain’d Back is in Good order with a fine new sadle, I got from Billey Madison, Equail to a new Fiddle, my Hatt is Seven Inches and a half in the Brim. A pair of New Boots, and I will assure you the largest that Ever came before or any other man Since, Olives _____ other articles To Tedious to Mention. Dear Sir I wish you happy I am yours whilst I am James Robertson
10th Sept 1781
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