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[ ] om favor of Shaking off Shackels of the old state and Setting us free--and I feel myself as Pledged to Support the [Condition?] and distance of the State of Maine and all manners adopted for [ ] welfare by the officers of the Government. I have Firm ly believed for Some years that it would be for Intent of Maine to be a Separate Government. I have not seen any thing to [ ] my opinion but my belief is [ ] that if but it should be so---in this Belief I am opposed by the Absence of this Town--this was [ ] opposed to separation James Bailey [ ] and myself are the only advocates for it in Columbia in the [ ] of nominations I sent you, I omitted Jeb. Bucknam and Holmes Nash who had [ ] as Justice of Peace and David Wass for [ ] [ ] in my district Jr. Luke Whitney S[ ] by his request the his Brother Abel might be appointed and Wm Ware the [ ] is nearly Seventy years old and in [ ] [ ] Bucknam and Nash were strongly opposed to separation