Marietta Citizens' Letter to Arthur St. Clair

              [written in different hand]1789 
[written in different hand]Jan 27 
To his Excellency Arthur S t. [superscript] Clair Esquire 
Governor & Commander in Chief &c &C _ 
We [underlined], the Citizens of Marietta assembled at Campus Martius [underlined] 
beg Leave to address your Excellency with the most cordial 
Congratulations upon the happy Issue of Indian Affairs [underlined]. 
For this Event, so interesting to the United States at large, 
and this Settlement in particular, we hold ourselves indebted, 
under God, to your Excellencys Wisdom, & the unremitted 
Exertions displayed during the long & tedious Negotiation 
of the Treaty.-  It was with Pain, & very affectionate sympathy 
(we most respectfully assure your Excellency) that we beheld 
this business spun out by the Indian Nations through 
so many tedious months and to a Season which from 
its inclemency, must have endangered, & perhaps impaired 
the Health & Constitution of a Character under whose 
auspices & wise administration of Government we hope 
to be a good & happy People. 
We must lament, with all the Feelings of men anxious 
to live under the Precepts of legal Authority, the Absence of 
your Excellency & the Judges of the Territory - more par- 
=ticularly, at this Time the System of Laws has been 
completed  - We feel most sensibly the want of them, & 
the Privilege of establishing such City Regulations as we 
are