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Private and confidential. Washington [?] Oct. 1816

In your letter delivered to use by Capt. Thomas, I was referred to him for a particular abstract [?] of the circumstances [?] , which [??] you to refer proposition of that question to me, in-stead of enacting [?] the [illegible], according to my request when we separated at Athens.

  Capt.Thomas informed me that Genl Gavins [?] in his interview with your Excellency, had shown the utmost hostility to the execution of the contract proposed by him the supply of the troops at a ------- ------------ life than his proposition, however that you would allow him five days to procure the necessary re-cruits [illegible] to all this he informed me that Genl Gavins [?] often used according [?] to per-suade him to give up all idea of the