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Suffolk Virginia July [gap]Wm [William] Blount esqr [esquire]Sir,
The Inclosd [Enclosed] [unclear: Sre ] from [gap] will I hope excuse the liberty I take in writing [gap] He also informs me, that he had wrote to [unclear: Gen ] [gap] in philada. [philadelphia] & had ment.d. [mentioned] me to him & that [gap] rely on either of you gentleman to render me any [unclear: service ] in your power & I hope shd [should] either of you be in place when this gets to hand that you will be good [unclear: enough ] to answer it Immediately ____ I have serious tho [gap] of becoming an Inhabitant of your state & I want information which I cannot get unless you will [gap] good enough to give it__ from the information I [gap] [unclear: have ] had I suppose [unclear: somewhere about Nashv ] [gap] wd. [would] be the part of the Country for me to settle in [gap] object being to carry on the mercantile business [gap] pretty extensively & to build vessels_ Is the [gap] county thereabouts Healthy & what are the [unclear: cle ][gap] disorders_ can a vessell [vessel] of any considerable [unclear: b ][gap] then be built there & sent loaded with Tobacco [gap] Wheat &c [etcetera] to sea_ how are the materials for [gap] building & fitting such as anchors canvas [unclear: & ][gap] cordage so be procurd [procured], if no other way, than by a land carriage from these states I'm afraid [unclear: a ] ship built & fitted that way wd. cost more [unclear: than one ] built here_ coud [could] not these articles be [unclear: made there to ] great advantage for I have a notion [gap]
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[gap] Hemp & Flax & I am told that [gap] be made there__ I shd. wish to carry [gap] large [unclear: assrtmt. ] of goods, will you [gap] ugh to inform me particularly [gap] suits the Country & note those that [gap] bly be most in demand, this will be [gap] of considerable consequence to me [gap] at what rate does goods generally sell there for Instance L [pounds] 100 pensylvania [pennsylvania] Curry. [Currency] laid out in goods in philada. what on an average will they sell for in nashville _ can waggons [wagons] be procur'd to go from Knoxville to Nashville in what terms_ if I on the rect. [receipt] of your[unclear: Sre ][gap] clude to go out_ I shall Immediately dispatch a young man with money. goods [gap] negroes so as to have things in readiness by the spring when I shall come out with my family__ what can the first quality of land about nashville be purchased at the most [gap] pleasant situations_ your answer to [gap] matters Immediately will forever confer an obligation on me_ I wish to dispatch the young man early in sept [september] & to follow with my family early in march contrive your answer if you please by the most speedy conveyance_ yr ob sert [your obedient servant] [unclear: Hanison Allmand ]
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[added: Suffolk paid 50] William Blount esquirein his absence Governor Sevier Knoxville Tenesee [Tennessee] [added: From Mr. Almond ]
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[added: H Allmand
10th July 1796]
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