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circumstance of which I have reason to believe is fact to Lord Sandwich. I would have begd leave to wait upon him my self, but the numerous engagements that surrounded when I left London prevented me. Say, that Government has always favourd us on such occasions. Could that we never ask for such unless we are morally certain they ought to be granted. In former wars we have some times had occasion to ask; in this I know not of another instance and, Government may be sure that for our own sakes as well as theirs, we shall ever be carefull for whom we petition. I confess it has humbled me not a little to be refused such a request, and when I reflect that the tens of thousands of our people in America were now suffering in America, for their attachment to Government and the disposition of the whole body in this country in their favor are not deemed an equivalent for one [indecipherable] mans redemption. I confess it makes me and all I am connected with into a state of great humiliation indeed. I hope Lord Sandwich will view the matter in a higher light than the board has been able to do, and I should be made better pleased to look up to him with grateful acknowledgements, than to admit of sentiments of an opposite nature. In a week or two more, I hope to send the last sheet of our short