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The recipient is William King (1768-1852), who was a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1807-11, and the first Governor of Maine in 1820-21.

The sender is Joel Wellington (1782-1865). He was born in Massachusetts, and trained as a surveyor. He served in the Maine militia, was a member of the Maine constitutional convention in 1819, and sat in the legislature representing Albion. He was also a selectman and the first Albion Postmaster from 1825 to 1831. He was commissioned to design the capitol park in Augusta in 1827.

This letter was evidently copied to Adj. Gen. Samuel Cony, named at the bottom of the second page. Cony (1811-1870), was born in Augusta, and was a graduate of Brown University in 1829. He became Maine’s first Adjutant General and Quartermaster at Maine’s transition to statehood in 1820. He was the 31st Governor of Maine in 1864-67.