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  Knoxville    
24th June 1799  
Sir  
The Revd. [Reverend]  Mr. Lyman Potter, [added text:  [deleted text: from ]  of the State of Vermont ]  who will have the Honour [Honor]  of delivering you this letter, I begleave [beg leave]  to introduce to your notice and attention   
 Mr. Potter will communicate to you his business into the Cherokee Nation, and I have no doubt you will affoard [afford]  him every facility the Nature and importance of his business may require,   
  
I have the honor to be & c [et cetera]   
  Cap. Edmd. [Captain Edmund]  Butler     
 
  
 
 
 
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Cap. Edd. [Captain Edmund]  Butler 
 
24 June 1799 
By the Revd. [Reverend William]  Wm. Potter      
 
no. [number]  20  
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