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� Brunwsick Aug 8th 1862 Governor Washburn, My Dear Sir, I find I have to encounter an unexpected degree of opposition in the Faculty of the College. They are unwilling to give me any sort of countenance in the matter. But I feel that I must go, + I wisht that the represent-ations they propose to make to induce you to withhold my com-mission, will have no more weight with you than with me. I feel it