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Columbia Augt 28 1820.

Dear Sir

I have lately been to Eastport Robbinston & Lubec I did not learn that any disatisfaction [sic] or alarm was excited by not reappointing Genl. Cooper as Sheriff of this County, - appeared to be satisfied with Doctr Balch for Sheriff & for Mr. Dickenson for Judge of Probate. -

I recd. your much esteemed favour [of the]18th ult. and [one struck through] saying that the subject matter Contained in my letter to you would be attended to when the Councill [sic] met & your permission for me to Communicate freely to you - for which assurance permit me to return you my Sincere Thanks. - in the Nomination of men for appointments in the District which I Represent I selected those to whom I could place Confidence in [one struck through] to discharge the Duties of the office, & by the recommendation of my Friends & the friends of those who

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-Columbia Aug 28 1820
+[Penciled at top of page:]  2   Ruggles
+Columbia Augt 28 1820.
 Dear Sir
-I have lately been to
-Eastport Robbinston and Lubec
+I have lately been to Eastport Robbinston & Lubec  I did not learn that any disatisfaction [sic] or alarm was excited by not reappointing Genl. Cooper as Sheriff of this County, - appeared to be satisfied with Doctr Balch for Sheriff & for Mr. Dickenson for Judge of Probate. -
-I did not learn that any disa
-tisfaction or alarm was [creat? ed]
+I recd. your much esteemed favour [of the]18th ult. and [one struck through] saying that the subject matter Contained in my letter to you would be attended to when the Councill [sic] met & your permission for me to Communicate freely to you - for which assurance permit me to return you my Sincere Thanks. - in the Nomination of men for appointments in the District which I Represent I selected those to whom I could place Confidence in [one struck through] to discharge the Duties of the office, & by the recommendation of my Friends & the friends of those who
-by not reappointing Genl. Cooper
-as Sheriff of this County--appea
-red to be satisfied with Doct Ba
-[ ] for Sheriff and for Mr. Dickenson
-for Judge of Probate-------
-I seek your much esteemed favour
-(obscured)18th [letter?] saying that the [judge?]
-is matter contained in my letter
-to you would be a[tt???ed] to when
-the [Councill] met and your from
-iss[ ] for me to Communicate
- [ ly] to you-- for which [ ]
-will permit me to return you
-my Sincere Thanks---in the
-Nomination of men for appoi
-ntments in the District which
-I Represent. I selected those to wh
-om I could place Confidence (line through)
-to discharge the Duties of the office
-an by the recommendation of my
-Friend or the friend of those who