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Parker April 18 1821

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As evidence in support of these statements, and
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[This is page 3 of the letter:]
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of my character, I beg leave to enclose to your
 
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Excellency, extracts from several letters.
 
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It must be superfluous to say, that I shall be
 
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very thankful for this appointment, and endeavor to
 
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discharge the duty of Clerk to the satisfaction of [?]:
 
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but, in conclusion, observe, that if there is any prospect
 
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of success, I will immediately procure from gentlemen
 
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of the [?] respectability in this Town satisfactory testimony
 
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of Character and qualifications for the official referred
 
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to: and from the known character of your Excellency, have
 
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hopes that your Excellency will pardon the liberty
 
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I have take, to make this application, as well as
 
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the [?] of this communication, and, that if
 
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the course I have taken be not the proper one
 
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that your Excellency will have the goodness
 
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to point it out to me.
 
  
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I have the honor to be:
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As evidence in support of these statements, and of my character, I beg leave to enclose to your Excellency, extracts from several letters.
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It must be superfluous to say, that I shall be very thankful for this appointment, and endeavour to discharge the duty of Clerk [one underlined] to the satisfaction of the board: - but, in conclusion, observe, that if there is any prospect of success, I will immediately procure from Gentlemen of the first respectability in this Town satisfactory testimony of Character and qualifications for the official referred to; and from the known character of your Excellency, have hopes that your Excellency will pardon the liberty I have taken, to make this application, as well as  the prolixity of this communication, and, that if the course I have taken be not the proper one that your Excellency will have the goodness to point it out to me.
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I have the honor to be,
 
With perfect Respect,
 
With perfect Respect,
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your Excellency's most obedient servant
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Your Excellency's Most Obedient Servant
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W[?] B Parker.
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W.m B Parker.
  
 
To His Excellency
 
To His Excellency
 
William King, Governor of the State of Maine
 
William King, Governor of the State of Maine

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[This is page 3 of the letter:]

As evidence in support of these statements, and of my character, I beg leave to enclose to your Excellency, extracts from several letters.

It must be superfluous to say, that I shall be very thankful for this appointment, and endeavour to discharge the duty of Clerk [one underlined] to the satisfaction of the board: - but, in conclusion, observe, that if there is any prospect of success, I will immediately procure from Gentlemen of the first respectability in this Town satisfactory testimony of Character and qualifications for the official referred to; and from the known character of your Excellency, have hopes that your Excellency will pardon the liberty I have taken, to make this application, as well as the prolixity of this communication, and, that if the course I have taken be not the proper one that your Excellency will have the goodness to point it out to me.

I have the honor to be, With perfect Respect, Your Excellency's Most Obedient Servant W.m B Parker.

To His Excellency William King, Governor of the State of Maine