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[page 75] to that effect) the treasurer took my letter to the Governor and he decided I was right. And therefore Mr. Chase resigned. The treasurer wrote me to come over. I went and in company with Maj. [Shorey?] and Capt. Pettengill called in the Governor General. There I met Col. Buffum, and before I left he informed me that the vote accepting my resignation had been reconsidered and that I was at liberty to withdraw my letter of resignation. After thumbing the matter over I concluded not to do it, as I thought Mr. Chase might feel uneasy about it (I being in and he being out) I think Col. Buffum misapprehended my statement. I did not intend to give him the idea that there was too much collusion between the treasurer and the trustee named the Col. must have got his impressions mostly from my letter to the treasurer which I suppose was shown to the Council as well as is the Governor. Whatever fault there was in my apprehension I considered the fault of the trustees. I presume it is now an anxious moment with you as you are cast adrift.

Yours very Respectfully A.G. Wakefield

It didn't seem to me to matter so much whether an officer could harmonize with the steward as whether the steward was right or wrong. As Governor Davis says, "You say yourself there was a want of harmony between you and Mr. Lakin?" "Yes, of course." "Then of course you must go out." He didn't see any way to prevent it. I only asked if I was right, and if I was wrong