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To: James Gaines Esquire, New Canton, Hawkins County, Tennessee
From: Governor Joseph McMinn, Murfeesboro
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                                                  Murfeesboro
                                                  25 August 1821
Dear Sir
      I think I acknowledged the receipt of your letter of 16 April, in the
latter part of May, I am certain, I applied to Mr Houre(?) the day after, I
re'd the letter and we both agreed I ought to inform you [tha]t  the corn was
in a state of waste and [n]ot in demand for any price, and the period was
approaching when, I mu[st] leave here, and believing that it wou[ld] be your
wish to have the corn sol[d for] what it would [b]ring, and the am[ount] taken
you; we have sold the corn at 50 cents per barrel in money paid on the first
day of October which, I will bring to you safely all accidents accepted, in
the latter end that month---
                           Please present me to your good family individually and 
                                Mr Gaines who I understand lives at home
                                      Your obe'd Serv[ant]
                                             Jos. McMinn