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 me sincere in my profound thanks, and that with the highest appreciation of all your intended kindness, I hope I may submit, without offense, how impossible it is for me to accept the honors which you propose and which you and others so bountifully mean to shower upon me.

I am, dear Governor, I assure you, under a mountain of obligation, and remain, Most sincerely yours,

. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Rh