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Nashville, Novembr 20 - 1839 Sir - General Armstrong of our City requested me a few days ago to send you my reports as geologist of the State and any other matter relating to the history of Tennessee. I take now the pleasure to present you my 3d and 4th Report - the 1st and 2d have not been printed - my 5th is now before the Legislature It is the most interresting one containing the general geological description of the whole State, accompanied with a geological map and a Section of the State, and a detailed description of Cocke County showing all its mineral resources - a description of its varios water powers - the fitness of its mountains for cultivating, raising of Stock etc - It contains also a list and description of the organic remains which characterise the Strata of the interior of America - The description of Cocke County is also accompanied with a detailed map also part of a statistical account of our Iron works and analizes of ore and mineral waters.

General A. mentioned that you wanted something for a history of Tennessee which you were now writing - a few weeks since Dr Lindsley requested me to communicate to a Society of antiquity in Copenhage my views about some mummies etc found in this state - I had for that purpose drawings made of Some Idols or Images and wrotte a little memoir of which I send you some extracts - but no body here can give you more facts respecting our early history than Dr. Ramsey on the Junction of French Broad and Holston Rivers near Knoxville East Tenn.