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Mr. Gibbons plates that he came out
here sider aw apprehension by hum of the terus as to deveral reatters of detail, which
termus differ from thone he is now told that
they were.
He slates that he trusted and still trust to the good faith of the Government in meeting the matter bath a fair and equitable spirit
of
Now this is an appeal to the Honor
the Government at home who arrangid
with Mr. Gibbons and who alone can and will
whether his contention as to the several
Dany ponito is correct.
Huder
auf
Circumstances the Governmech
at honee will assuredly meet the claind of
Mr.
Nor Gebbons as one
of honor and in the
the fair and
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quitable spirit which he anticipato..
As Mr. Gibbons.
appears
& have acted on
his own understanding of his arrangements with the Government at honce. I would so far, avail
Myself op strs Excellency the Governor's indulgence
as
toauggest that as a convenience to heim
Monry
should be advanced to him ande
renullânci be made at 4/20 in accordance with Mr. Ribbon's view of what his arrangement was,
subject to direction from home.
At the same time I desire to keep Alsof expersible from arrangements which
differ very scarntially from the schemes which I
have
very often submitted to mech the present Buergency and to provide for the future management
of