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Ruggles Aug 28 1820 recommendation

ruggles Aug 28 1820 recommendation p2.pdf

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-[ ] om favor of Shaking off
+were in favour of shaking off the shackels [sic] of the old State & setting us free - and I feel my self as Pledged to support the Credit & destiny [?] of the State of Maine and all measures adopted for her welfare by the officers of the Government, I have firmly believed for some years that it would be for Interest [Intent?] of Maine to be a separate Government.
-Shackels of the old state and Setting
-us free--and I feel myself as
+I have not seen any thing to alter my oppinion [sic] but my belief is [?] that it is best it should be so - in this Belief I am opposed by the Citizens of this Town - they were violently opposed to separation James Bailey Esqr & myself were the only advocates for it in Columbia,
-Pledged to Support the [Condition?]
-and distance of the State of Maine
+in the list of nominations I sent you, I omitted Jeh. Bucknam & Holmes Nash who had Coms. as Justices of Peace & David Wass for Coroner in my district & Elisha [?] Whitney Esqr by his request that his Brother Abel might be appointed - Wm. Ware the Coroner is nearly seventy years old & [?] & Messrs Bucknam & Nash were strongly opposed to separation
-and all manners adopted for
-[ ] welfare by the officers
+[continued on p4.pdf]
-of the Government. I have Firm
-ly believed for Some years that
-it would be for Intent of Maine
-to be a Separate Government.
-I have not seen any thing to [ ]
-my opinion but my belief is
-[ ] that if but it should be
-so---in this Belief I am opposed
-by the Absence of this Town--this
-was [ ] opposed to separation
-James Bailey [ ] and myself are the
-only advocates for it in Columbia
-in the [ ] of nominations I sent
-you, I omitted Jeb. Bucknam and
-Holmes Nash who had [ ] as
-Justice of Peace and David Wass for [ ]
-[ ] in my district Jr. Luke Whitney S[  ]
-by his request the his Brother Abel
-might be appointed and Wm Ware the
-[ ] is nearly Seventy years old
-and in [ ] [ ] Bucknam and Nash
-were strongly opposed to separation

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were in favour of shaking off the shackels [sic] of the old State & setting us free - and I feel my self as Pledged to support the Credit & destiny [?] of the State of Maine and all measures adopted for her welfare by the officers of the Government, I have firmly believed for some years that it would be for Interest [Intent?] of Maine to be a separate Government.

I have not seen any thing to alter my oppinion [sic] but my belief is [?] that it is best it should be so - in this Belief I am opposed by the Citizens of this Town - they were violently opposed to separation James Bailey Esqr & myself were the only advocates for it in Columbia,

in the list of nominations I sent you, I omitted Jeh. Bucknam & Holmes Nash who had Coms. as Justices of Peace & David Wass for Coroner in my district & Elisha [?] Whitney Esqr by his request that his Brother Abel might be appointed - Wm. Ware the Coroner is nearly seventy years old & [?] & Messrs Bucknam & Nash were strongly opposed to separation

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