Primary tabs
Transcription
[Page 25]
conduct being withheld from his knowledge as I have made it a point that he should not be ignorant of them, and all I can observe further of him, is that if he is not really mad he appears to be so.
In my letter by the Glatton I believe Informed you that in consequence of the disagreeable occurrences that had taken place here, I had requested His Majestys leave of absence which by a letter from Lord Hobart I find is acceeded to and a notification that a person will be selected and sent from England to relieve me. What the consequence would be to this Colony if I was to be relieved by those in the Colony I do not hesitate forming an opinion of. I trust the selection will be a good one for without a man of firmness [?] being the responsible man here, the consequences will be very [indecipherable], and when the period arrives which I trust is not far distant of my taking leave of this Colony, I shall depart with that [indecipherable] conscience but clean hands which I have invariably been guided by - perhaps my children will have but