150, vol.iii., St.Clair to John Jay, Dec.
15, 1788.

This letter and many others of St.Clair are given in W.H.
Smith's "St.Clair Papers." VOL III-9] Other Separatist Movements.
These movements all aimed at a complete independence, but there were others which aimed merely at separation from the parent States.

The efforts of Kentucky and Franklin in this direction must be treated by themselves; those that were less important may be glanced at in passing.
The people in western Virginia, as early as the spring of 1785, wished to erect themselves into a separate State, under Federal authority.
Their desire was to separate from Virginia in peace and friendship, and to remain in close connection with the Union.

A curious feature of the petition which they forwarded to the Continental Congress, was their proposition to include in the new State the inhabitants of the Holston territory, so that it would have taken in what is now West Virginia proper, [Footnote: State Dept.MSS., Memorials, etc., No.

48, Thos.
Cumings, on behalf of the deputies of Washington County, to the President of Congress, April 7, 1785.] and also eastern Tennessee and Kentucky.
The originators of this particular movement meant to be friendly with Virginia, but of course friction was bound to follow.