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Preston Sept 18 1820
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| − | + | �taken, and the course I have persued; and if I | |
| + | have any claims to this, or any office of Honor or | ||
| + | profit they are [inserted over word crossed out] or may be, known to your Excellency ---- | ||
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| + | It will be recollected, I was appointed one of the | ||
| + | Sessions Justices, (it having been done without | ||
| + | my knowledge,) but I have not been qualified | ||
| + | as this interferes with my professional duties | ||
| + | and would therefore be of no profit, if not a | ||
| + | sacrifice [?] of interest, whereas the office of Judge [underlined] | ||
| + | of Probate [underlined] would not. As it is now a time | ||
| + | of general quiet, I should prefer, having this | ||
| + | question laid before the Hon-- [?] Council at | ||
| + | their next meeting of the Board, should your | ||
| + | Excellency, be pleased to favour my application. | ||
| + | As I am the eldest Councellor at Law in | ||
| + | the County, and now my own advocate, [underlined] | ||
| + | in justice to my Client, [underlined] I must say I think | ||
| + | myself competent to discharge the duties | ||
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�taken, and the course I have persued; and if I have any claims to this, or any office of Honor or profit they are [inserted over word crossed out] or may be, known to your Excellency ----
It will be recollected, I was appointed one of the Sessions Justices, (it having been done without my knowledge,) but I have not been qualified as this interferes with my professional duties and would therefore be of no profit, if not a sacrifice [?] of interest, whereas the office of Judge [underlined] of Probate [underlined] would not. As it is now a time of general quiet, I should prefer, having this question laid before the Hon-- [?] Council at their next meeting of the Board, should your Excellency, be pleased to favour my application. As I am the eldest Councellor at Law in the County, and now my own advocate, [underlined] in justice to my Client, [underlined] I must say I think myself competent to discharge the duties