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served
continuous
faithfully the Rown for period
and zealously
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on
"Foreign Service
in India and China of Thirty-three Years, without
even
applying for
permission to visit ony native
my land; and moreover, havings
virtually retired from the
Military
Country
Service of my that therefore
my
only hope of advancement
is in the instance
now
offered, to which if I should, through the favorable Consideration of your Excellency, have the good fortune to succed, shall hail it the greatest boon that can
as
be
be
conferred upon
obs Tervant.
Say that
my
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an
I need hardly
best
energies
will be devoted to the
performance of it's important duties, as well as in evinsing my gratiture to your Excellency for so
flattering
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proof
of your good "pinion
In conclusion I beg
to
apologize for this
intrusion
on the valuable
time of Your Excellency,
be
which I trust will bé
accepted in
of
consideration
the importance to me and mine of the favor I have soleited..
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