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to the claims and services.
of
others.
contained but
my
letter
one sentence.
as to the claims ad
services of others, namely that in which I adverted
to the circumstance Mat amongst those re
accently
honned "I save the
names
of pensons of shirtu Service
" and lower official position
Man
G
(
my
own, and whome
I did not thich could
have labored more
assiduously or succesfully
then I had done".
That
Amongst
the ten person
referred to there
are some
of shorter Service (both
General and
Colonial ) and
of lower official position
than mine.
Av
Are
mere facti
I believe Jour frame will find; but I did not pretend to decide as to the
Excellence and other claims
of these Gentlemen which influenced four gracis decision in their favor,
And
Awar
I was
was and am
that
(especially
fully
ero looker
one
feeling any
disaffointment