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which if not reimbursed I shall may feel the want
It concerns me therefore to know as soon as ever
it may be in my power, and I must accordingly
solicit the favour of you to provide me information,
whether any other spot equally capable
of answering the public purpose of the public
and my own is ready to be assigned to me, and
if not, whether I may reckon upon the support
of Administration in procuring me that in
question. To ground a reproach upon an intimation
which had favour for its object and
kindness for its course would be want of illiberality generosity
you will not find me guilty of. You may
likewise remind me that the commission thus
given to begin was grounded on a conception
that there was already a place at any time at command
ready to begin apace: that that conception
proving erroneous, the foundation of the authority
consequently failed: that a misfortune having
taken place without any mala fides on
the part of Administration, I had to do it was my part to but to
submitt to it with a good grace.
I would relinquish
the
pursuit of this
place with
it is
hopeless
So that I was
party to the misconception
of giving
it
Yes if the misfortune
was
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