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Washington City 11 July 1813. Dear Governor Yesterday completed the seventh week since my Arrival at this place, and the ninth since I left home. You may therefore readily suppose that we are all anxious to bring the session to a conclusion, but we have little hope of getting away under a fortnight. The tax system is not yet through the House of Repres: and we are just getting well under way with their tarif? Bills in the Senate. I hope the plan will be a tolerably good one, but the absence of W. Gallaten? has thrown much difficulty in the way-- much labour has devolved upon Bills in consequence of the sickness of Mr. Eppes, the Chairman of the Committee of war, unclear-- Bill being the next named on that Committee, the duties of chairman have fallen upon him. I think both unclear will be industrious for the following two weeks unclear go get through the unclear before us: without finishing which it is out of the question to