TNGenWeb Project/TNGenNet, Inc., (a Tennessee nonprofit public benefit corporation). "The Howard-Smith Collection" Transcription copyright: 1998, by Mrs. F. A. Augsbury; all rights reserved. The originals are at the McClung Library in Knoxville. This file is in text format. Please use your browser's "back" button to return to the previous page. ********************************************************************************* To: B. H. Rand, care of R. Walsh, Jr., Philadelphia From: U. S. Rep. John Sergeant, Washington, D. C. ------------------------------------------------------------ Washington April 24, 1822. Sir, I have the pleasure to inform you, that the bill for your relief has this day passed the Senate. It only waits the approbation of the President, therefore, to become a law. That, you may calculate upon with certainty. Very Respectfully Yr. most obt. servt. John Sergeant