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with it only since May last, and has, I fear, no actual right to any pension. But as I do not anticipate that he will ever return to his duties, and as he is entirely dependent on the Service for support, I venture to propose that the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury consider his peculiar and unfortunate case with favour.
To place your Lordship fully in possession of the facts of this case, I enclose copies of the correspondence with Mr. Chapman and his medical adviser.
Mr. Mitchell, the Assistant Post Master, will discharge the duties of the Office as Acting Post Master General till further orders.
I have the honor to be,
My Lord Duke,
Your Lordship's
Most Obedient Servant,
George Robinson
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