Nathan Dane Project: Transcription

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( ) ( ) June 3 1787

Your letter of the 13 of last month I read and was much obliged by this altercation of you and war. ( ) ( ) to our affairs with or without. We wish you ( ) ( ) some ( ) in which Congress may be of service to us in that very unfortunate case; but as war. Jackson is going ( ) to ( ) ( ) to ( ) this matter in ( ). We should be glad to have your sentiments on this subject as ( ) as you can with (convenience). We have ourselves felt no great ( ) of this friendly (------position) of war. ( ); his attachment to America is not very great, and his ( ) to us personally ( ) (still) ( ). This want of his influence in ( ) ( ) in that government is weak against us; We must however (weaken) the (best) of it we can, and discuss as much of ( ) from ( ) ( ) Government as they can with ( ) ( ).

( ) ( ) get though ( ) ( ), except as to ( ) ( ). ( ) ( ) and war. ( ) are ( ) far away. This house is very large and of a ( ) ( ); a great proposition of this ( ) 150 in number ( ) ( ) ( ), ( ) ( ) for this ( ) of doing mischief, if not to (or) ( ) the government. This I ( ) and better upon this ( ) ( ) was ( ); the ( ) failed in many (altercations) they intended to have ( ) and (this) house (have) ( ) up in general good man, so that we may now safely upon ( ) members of the Senate in our great national ( ) - and if this ( ) is not too much ( ) in forming the (Council), they (will) ( ) a good ( ) upon (the) ( ) ( ) of the other and of the house. As yet we can not favor a good judgment of the real ( ) of the (house), but ( ) (hitherto) ( ) not much in their favour.

(Can) (grand) ( ) at ( ) ( ) not effect any good ( ), I fear , not ( ) to agree upon any general system of government for this reason. -----( ) ( ) ( ) was (for) going to ( ) as ( ) ( ). -----( ) can count shall have opened ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) a ( ) ( ) and give you my ideas of (them); I will thank you on return to inform us what appears in ( ) or the convention worth noting. -----( the) ( ) ( ) I (want) from you to ( ) . With ( ) I ( am) ( ) your very ( ) ( ).

(Stephson Wigginson)

	7525 [( ) = could not figure out, unsure] ( ) ( ) June 3 1787 Your letter of the 13 of last month I read and was much obliged by this altercation of you and war. ( ) ( ) to our affairs with or without. We wish you ( ) ( ) some ( ) in which Congress may be of service to us in that very unfortunate case; but as war. Jackson is going ( ) to ( ) ( ) to ( ) this matter in ( ). We should be glad to have your sentiments on this subject as ( ) as you can with (convenience). We have ourselves felt no great ( ) of this friendly (------position) of war. ( ); his attachment to America is not very great, and his ( ) to us personally ( ) (still) ( ). This want of his influence in ( ) ( ) in that government is weak against us; We must however (weaken) the (best) of it we can, and discuss as much of ( ) from ( ) ( ) Government as they can with ( ) ( ). ( ) ( ) get though ( ) ( ), except as to ( ) ( ). ( ) ( ) and war. ( ) are ( ) far away. This house is very large and of a ( ) ( ); a great proposition of this ( ) 150 in number ( ) ( ) ( ), ( ) ( ) for this ( ) of doing mischief, if not to (or) ( ) the government. This I ( ) and better upon this ( ) ( ) was ( ); the ( ) failed in many (altercations) they intended to have ( ) and (this) house (have) ( ) up in general good man, so that we may now safely upon ( ) members of the Senate in our great national ( ) - and if this ( ) is not too much ( ) in forming the (Council), they (will) ( ) a good ( ) upon (the) ( ) ( ) of the other and of the house. As yet we can not favor a good judgment of the real ( ) of the (house), but ( ) (hitherto) ( ) not much in their favour. (Can) (grand) ( ) at ( ) ( ) not effect any good ( ), I fear , not ( ) to agree upon any general system of government for this reason. -----( ) ( ) ( ) was (for) going to ( ) as ( ) ( ). -----( ) can count shall have opened ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) a ( ) ( ) and give you my ideas of (them); I will thank you on return to inform us what appears in ( ) or the convention worth noting. -----( the) ( ) ( ) I (want) from you to ( ) . With ( ) I ( am) ( ) your very ( ) ( ). (Stephson Wigginson)

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