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I have done my duty, that I have acquitted myself as a faithful Servant of the Crown and as a loyal and firm officer - be assured, Sir, that the personal danger I encounter, and the sacrifice of my liberty are but minor considerations in my breast. My Life I could willingly risk in the maintenance of my the dignity and authority of my venerated Sovereign and of his virtuous and much injured Representative. Favor and respect from such men as my debased Persecutors are, would believe me, be considered by me as my greatest dishonour. As it is whispered to me, that I may be taken, by surprise to morrow morning, and sent to the Coal river, from which it would appear that these fellows are desirous of preventing me from going to England, for the reasons I have heretofore mentioned, pardon my entreating you to state to His Majesty's Ministers the unhappy condition of my poor family. The forlorn, the unmerited and miserable situation to which my dear, and amiable