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April 29
Sir
as you agreed with me verbally to go out in the Investigator as a draughtsman long before any Idea of a naval pasport being obtaind had been suggested & as the engagement you this morning refused to sign was read over to you & altered to your satisfaction before Ld Spencer quitted the admiralty who objected then refused to accept apply for one had quitted the Admiralty, I think I am justified in supposing it possible that you may alternate the engagement under have other reasons for your conduct than you have thought fit to assign.
I think it my duty to secure if possible a draughtsman for the intended voyage who is willing to proceed under whatever circumstances it may be undertaking. I therefore think it beg to know definitively whether you choose to engage in it or not & in case you in order that if you do not I may have time to choose some other person in your stead upon whom I may have a dependance when the time of sailing shall come which I apprehend is not far distant
I am Sir
Your Very Hble Sert
J.B.