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there who afterwards betrayed him, his present business is of nearly the same Complexion, originating in resentment of my having sent away with If a Ship with Spirits without suffering any to be landed - As I have been obliged to enter into these details - If you should be able to see them I must refer you to their information otherwise I must resign my self to that decision for which I have a right to expect justice - Believe me dear Sir that my Situation here is not a very pleasant one & the obnoxious Character of a Reformer is not calculated to appear often on the Theatre of this World, I have had the most flagrant and dishonorable abuses to deal away, I have succeeded but at the Expence of being hated by those whose interest has been part of these Regulations without which the Business of Europe would not have ensured the pressing demands of this Colony, or rather of the Vultures in it - In the path of Duty & Rectitude I shall [indecipherable] walk & leave the rest to providence & the Wisdom of my Superiors -
Cayley is just gone an Excursion & you will see by his letter that he is now meditating a still longer one, As he keeps