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want of Support which I experienced from Home, and under the dangerous Conduct of individuals there, dangerous to the Authority of the Executive Power in the Colony, in Support of which I stood up Alone I resolved, that no Faction however Numerous should snatch that power from my hands & whilst I continued to hold His Maj.s Commission as Governor of that Country.
I have been Satisfied on a retrospect of my whole Conduct in that Arduous Situation: that I have most conscientiously discharged the various dutys of my Office, & have Merited & expected a very different treatment to that which I have experienc'd. - The Vile endeavours of a Number of Artful individuals whose Speculations have plung'd in Ruin, those whose labour should & would have found the Proper Support of our infant Colony, have been attended to here; and my Official Complaints against their Plans and general Conduct Neglected, a Conduct which it was not possible I could punish on the Spot without Manifest danger to the Public Service, this advantage they were not insensible of & exulted in - Those difficultys I pointed out but without effect, I could not even obtain instructions what Steps to pursue -
Had I Sir Joseph an interview with you of Sufficient length, I could I am Confidant Convince you, how much my Case & attention