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sums in Bullion are also sent, by the King's Subjects, to the above 

 Places, in return whereof, Commodities are taken, which interfere 

 with the Produce of the British Colonies themselves, in open contempt 

 of the Authority of the Mother Country, as well as to the most mani- 

 fest Prejudice, of the manufacturers, and Trade of Great Britain ; In 

 order therefore to put the most speedy and effectual Stop to such fla- 

 gitious Practices, so utterly subversive of all Law, and so highly re- 

 pugnant to the Honour and Wellbeing of this Kingdom. It is His 

 Majesty's express Will and Pleasure, that you do forthwith make the 

 strictest, and most diligent Enquiry into the State of this dangerous 

 and ignominious Trade, and that you do use every means in your 

 Power, to detect and discover Persons concerned, either as Principals, 

 or Accessories, therein, and that you do take every Step, authorized 

 by Law, to bring all such heinous Offenders to the most exemplary 

 and condign Punishment, and you will, as soon as may be, and from 

 Time to Time, transmit to me, for the King's Information, full and 

 particular Accounts of the Progress you shall have made in the Execu- 

 tion of these His Majesty's Commands, to which the King expects 

 that you do pay the most exact Obedience ; And you are farther to use 

 your utmost Endeavors to trace out and investigate the various Artifices 

 and Evasions, by which the Dealers in the iniquitous Intercourse find 

 means to cover their criminal Proceedings and to elude the Law, in 

 order that from such Lights, due and timely Consideration may be had, 

 what farther Provisions shall be necessary to restrain an Evil of such 

 Extensive and pernicious Consequences. 



I am 

 Sir 

 your most obedient 

 humble Servant 

 W. Pitt. 

 196. Autograph Letter from Gen. Anthony Wayne to Major George 

 McCuUy, commanding Pennsylvania State Troops. 



Loaned by Mrs. Richard Hays, 717 Ridge Ave., North 

 Side, Pittsburgh. 



Head Quarters 

 Pittsburgh — June 25th 1792 

 Sir : 



You will herewith receive a copy of a circular letter to all the 

 County Lieutenants, bordering upon the Ohio, in the States of Penn- 



