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554

injure

Of the Governor's personal

"y

other

Hauk

feelings towards myself, I have, my "Lord, unhappily too many proofs. It is impossible for Your Lordship to conceive the tone and style His Excellency has for a long time adopted in his daily intercourse with me instead of my Department. Humiliating charges, degrading suspicions, and the most mortifying reflections upon my official conduct have been made in his minutes and letters.

The sum and substance of the Governor's official minutes and letters have long since made it clear that His Excellency has determined to make my position utterly insupportable and impossible. The important public interests which I have had to manage for too long a time under His Excellency's private rebukes and public reprimands have imposed upon me a heavy burden, but now that this most public form of reprimand has been made, I have no choice between indignant remonstrance and resignation.

23.

I beg most respectfully to seek Your Lordship's protection, begging Your Lordship will be pleased to direct Mr. Ford's Report to be cancelled and expunged from the Government Gazette as an improper document, and that Your Lordship will be pleased to call on the Governor to extend to me for the short number of months I may yet have to remain in the Colony some slight degree of consideration and courtesy, if not his support.

I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,

(signed)

J. M. Price, Surveyor General

KRENG KOPERN

W

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554 injure Of the Governor's personal "y other Hauk feelings towards myself, I have, my "Lord, unhappily too many proofs. It is impossible for Your Lordship to conceive the tone and style His Excellency has for a long time adopted in his daily intercourse with me instead of my Department. Humiliating charges, degrading suspicions, and the most mortifying reflections upon my official conduct have been made in his minutes and letters. The sum and substance of the Governor's official minutes and letters have long since made it clear that His Excellency has determined to make my position utterly insupportable and impossible. The important public interests which I have had to manage for too long a time under His Excellency's private rebukes and public reprimands have imposed upon me a heavy burden, but now that this most public form of reprimand has been made, I have no choice between indignant remonstrance and resignation. 23. I beg most respectfully to seek Your Lordship's protection, begging Your Lordship will be pleased to direct Mr. Ford's Report to be cancelled and expunged from the Government Gazette as an improper document, and that Your Lordship will be pleased to call on the Governor to extend to me for the short number of months I may yet have to remain in the Colony some slight degree of consideration and courtesy, if not his support. I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, (signed) J. M. Price, Surveyor General KRENG KOPERN W
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554

injure

Of the Governor's personal

"y

other

Hauk

feelings towards myself, I have, my "Lord, unhappily too proofs. It is impossible for Lordship to conceive the lone and style His Exullency has for a long, time adopted in his daily

hous with me

as stead of my Depart ment. Humiliating charges, degrading suspicions, and the most mortifying reflections upon

of

most

ot

and letters.

make

the sum

the Governor's official minutes

His Excellency has long

coined his determination to make

my position utterly insupportables and impossible. The important public

intercels

have I

silence

4

how

24

which I have had change

feel too long imposed

but now that this

Reullency has changed for his private

rebukes.

True Copy

pebukes the most public form of reprimand

choice between

at his disposal I have no indignant pemonstrance and resignation,

23.

to nek Your

that

In these unfortunates eirenmolanous I have most respectfully, Lordship's protection, begging Your Lordship will be pleased to direct In: Ford's Report to be cancelled; and) expunged from the Government Gazette as an improper document, and that Your Lordship

be pleased to call on the Governor to extend

for

the

may

to ful

every short number of month's I

may yet have to remain in the Colony

some slight degree of consideration

if this Excutlenty

sand courtesy

lon

armot accord me

his support.

I have the honour to be.

My Lord

my

Your Lordship's most obedient humble seronat

(signed/

If M. Prico. Surveys General

KRENEM KOPERN

W

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