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that there will be no further delay as I want it to meet expences.

I am informed that my young friend [F?] Godfrey, a son of John E Godfrey, Esq. of Bangor has just arrived from S America where he has been [?] [employed?] for the past 3 years, to join the Army here, & I cannot help recommending him to your special consideration as a fit person for a command in the Cavalry Regt. He is a fine looking young man, is full of [?] patriotic feeling, has a cultivated intellect and a character that has never been impeached, he is fearless, and a perfect horseman, as his business in S. A. has obliged him to be 6 or 8 hours on horseback daily.

Excuse me for [?] you