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portance, however, and
other circumstances, will
deprive me of this gra-
tification.

I beg you to be
assured, notwithstanding,
that, in common with
all true Southern men,
I take the liveliest in-
terest in the success of
this great undertaking,
& certainly the present
crisis in the affairs
of the South is not cal-
culated to diminish
this -- I am

Rev'd. & Dear Sir,

with great respect

Your obt svt.

Wm Henry Heyward.