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Richmond 2nd July 1780
Dr Col.
I am bound to return you thanks on behalf of the Kentucky In-
habitants for your late attention shewn to their distresses. -
The assembly will sit about 10 days longer I expect - The House
were yesterday in Comee upon the Bill for recruiting 5000 regulars
I expect will pass the whole House nearly as in Comee. The Coun-
ty to be laid off in 4 Divisions of 44 men making each division as assigning a certain district for each division If the
equal in ability
Bounty of 2 or 3000 will not raise the four men or 11th part of
the Militia. The property of the District is to be charged I make
good the Residue - The Finance [page damaged]s only been read
the first time & altho' I am a friend to [damage]et I find it extreme
ly exceptionable & doubt whether it [damage]ls - a False Alarm
yesterday occasioned the House to [damage] absence to many of the
Members for the Remr & I fear the [damage] will be thin
Genl Clinton with 4000 men arrived about 2 Weeks ago at
N. York. Kniphausen had advanced before to Elizath Town Point
and Genl Washington was at Springfield on his Flank I expect the
the Enemy are thus industrious this spring to affect something
of Moment before the arrival of the French Fleet & I much fear
their vigour will exceed ours. As to Kentucky news - the Coun
ty is divided into three- Bensons Creek & the Beach Knobs se-
parate Jefferson the lower County from Lincoln the upper one
both on the South side the River - Fayette is the name of that on
the No Side Kentucky - Connolly's 1000 Acres of the Falls is given
to Trustees for a Town Louisville - a Bill is running the
Gauntlet for vesting the escheated lands in Trustees for a publick
School But parsimony still holds a Seat among us & I fear a
Majority will at last prevail against it -
Pray what news about the Tories? Accts from your Quar
ter alarm us much. You dont want precedent for the proper
punishment if you succeed - I shall be about Richmd till
the Middle Augt I will be glad of a line or two. Compts to
your Lady I am Dr Col. Your mo. obedt Hble Servant
Jno [Toddy's?]
Notes and Questions
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Wikipedia's article doesn't mention Connolly and his donated acres, but it says, "The first Trustees were selected in April of 1779, as part of this transition, with the first board consisting of seven men", so the Trustees mentioned in the letter were appointed the year before this letter was written.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Louisville,_Kentucky