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be some Guide for the Direction of your Excellency's Mandate to their being most speedily apprehended
I have the honour to be &ca.
Winthrop Sargent
acting Governour
of the aforesaid Territory His Excellency The Governour of Kentuckey.

January the 5th. 1798 By the Secretary in the Governour's Absence John Russel Esquire was appointed and commissioned a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Adams and Uriah Barber Gentleman an Ensign of the militia of said County.

Cincinnati Northwestern Territory January the 8th. 1798 --
Sir
By a Letter from Kaskaskias of the 28th. of November last, received a very few Days since I obtain some Informations of rather an alarming nature and which, had I yielded implicit Credence thereto, I should have deemed of moment enough to have transmitted by special Express - doubting however a little I economize and commit the same to the Mail, trusting that the Delay may operate no