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Darien February 12, 1827 
Dear Sir 
Your letter of the 5th February I received last. 
night Governor Randolph has not yet arrived, nor 
has Mr McBride. Until they do. I am unapprized 
of what arrangements may have been made at Milledgeville. 
I find we could procure men as cheaply here, 
as they could have been procured at Milledgeville, 
provisions of every Character, much cheaper. I am satisfied, 
that in making a provision for two or three months in 
the Wilderness, well baked biscuit & Bacon, one the 
only articles to be depended upon, (and biscuit here is 
Cheaper than ground meal above - 
After receiving your first letter, I went to 
Savannah for a day, for the purpose of ascertaining 
whether, I could draw upon you thro' the Banks 
there after seeing and knowing from Mr Randolph 
the extent of the outfit to which we ought to go 
I find that the Banks, do not like to accept 
of Drafts upon the Treasury, and Mr Bulloch 
says 
 
 
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says your best course would be to transmit 
check upon the State Bank in Savannah, to 
an amount that would, cover all the necessary 
expenditure - if this is determined upon, I request 
You to to it as speedily as is convenient, the 
extent of such a check (you who know, what has 
been procured above, and no doubt can better 
judge than myself having seen Mr Randolph, 
how, and in what manner the United States is to 
meet us upon this subject) will determine the 
Amount- 
My friend Mr Bell, accompanies me, and 
Will keep an accurate account of the expenditures 
of all monies, thus come into my hands. 
And I remain Dr Sir 
Yrs with Respect & Esteem 
T. Spalding 
To His Excellency 
Geo. M. Troup 
Milledgeville 
 
 
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Tho. Spalding Comr. 
12 Feby 1827