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M^r . Hunter has laid before the Governor the
a Variety of Matter, Part only of which can be just now
observed on. The Hurry of Business & the Governor's Indis-
position oblige to defer the Consideration of many Particulars
till to Morrow. A Body of the Loudoun Militia on their
March to this Place, have been ordered to change their
Route, & join you immediately. They amount, we are told,
to about 4 or 500 Men. — The Governor has directed that
all Negroes taken from the Enemy be returned to their
former Proprietors. The Principle on which it ^is supposed
Men fight at present is to protect & secure to themselves
& fellow Citizens their Liberties &, Property, & not to procure
Plunder.

From Robert Andrews
[illegible] 26^th Sep^r