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supposing that Col. Briarly was in a situation to remove these impressions. By the letter of Genl Gaines which has been Published, the grossest insinuations are made against your character and official conduct. Genl Jackson has taken up all the impressions which that letter is calculated to produce, and in a letter to the war department upon that subject refers to Col Briarly. I understand that an extract of that letter has been forwarded to you. You are surrounded I am afraid by many persons inimical to your reputation, besides the person to whom you ascribe the origin of the calumnious reports which have been circulating against you. At this distance, and ignorant of many of the most important circumstances attending the transactions, in question, it is impossible for me to offer any advice upon the course of conduct which it is