CO129-139 - Sir MacDonnell - 1869 [8-12] — Page 500

Excellency is in trans-

This letter

-sitting

to his Lordship, gow

are

able

to give

Sta

My application

my

support of gene valuable recomm

dation.

I have the honor to be Your Excellency's

Mast obedient Servant

L

Jalan Pauncest

My Lord,

Solicit

Hongtong

2

23570

th Nov. 1869.

493

Page 493

I have the honor to

Lordship's indulgently

your

in venturing to lay before

Son

an application for an Appointment which I have

no

reason to believe will become immediately

vacant; but the distance

i

is so great

between

this

Colony

and Europes,

I

that were

wait

until

The Right Honorable Earl Granville K. G.

M. Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies.

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Excellency is in trans-

This letter

-sitting

to his Lordship, gow

are

able

to give

Sta

My application

my

support of gene valuable recomm

dation.

I have the honor to be Your Excellency's

Mast obedient Servant

L

Jalan Pauncest

My Lord,

Solicit

Hongtong

2

23570

th Nov. 1869.

493

I have the honor to

Lordship's indulgently

your

in venturing to lay before

Son

an application for an Appointment which I have

no

reason to believe will become immediately

vacant; but the distance

is so great

between

this

Colony

and Europes,

I

that were

wait

until

The Right Honorable Earl Granville K. G.

M. Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Upon closer inspection and reorganization, a more coherent version can be achieved:

I have the honor to be Your Excellency's Most obedient Servant

L Jalan Pauncest

My Lord,

I Solicit...

Hongkong, 2nd Nov. 1869.

23570

493

Page 493

I have the honor to address your Lordship's indulgent consideration in venturing to lay before you an application for an Appointment which I have no reason to believe will become immediately vacant; but the distance between this Colony and Europe is so great that were I to wait until...

The Right Honorable Earl Granville K. G., M. Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Output directly in HTML as per the final instruction:

Excellency is in trans-

This letter

-sitting to his Lordship, gow are able to give Sta

My application my support of gene valuable recommendation.

I have the honor to be Your Excellency's Most obedient Servant

L Jalan Pauncest

My Lord, I Solicit Hongkong, 2nd Nov. 1869.

23570

493

Page 493

I have the honor to address your Lordship's indulgent consideration in venturing to lay before you an application for an Appointment which I have no reason to believe will become immediately vacant; but the distance between this Colony and Europe is so great that were I to wait until...

The Right Honorable Earl Granville K. G., M. Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies.