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Washington 9th Jany. 1813 Dear Governor. Yours of the 28th inst was rec'd this morning, and also that of the same date inclosing sundry resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia. The Resolutions together with your letter will be acted upon by the representation in that manner which in their judgment will be most likely to command success. Yesterday the President nominated John Armstrong of New York to be Sec.ty at War, and Wm Jones of Philadelphia to be Sec.ty of the navy. They will not be finally acted upon by the Senate until Monday. I presume the first will be approved, and the latter unanimously. It is the most popular appointment that ever was made by the Present administration. Armstrong is a reputed republican, but I have been taught by an unwelcome experience to hold New York Republicanism in very low estimation. Knowing the great difficulty which the President had to fill that office, I had previously determined to vote for any man