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Should you see proper to confer the
appointment upon Major Terrill, I am satis
=fied you could not have bestowed it on
a more worth & deserving object, or one who
would ^feel under deeper obligations, or entertain
a greater sense of gratitude; he is now
poor, and from the purchase of his print
=ing establishment, is some what [imbarrised?]
in his primary affairs, and I believe, with
the [?] of the appointment, he will
be enabled to support his family, and
retain his printing office, which other
=wise I fear will have to pass into other
hands, for I know there is a strong disposit
=ion to obtain his office for the purpose
of supporting different principles [& men?]
from those now supported by its propriators
and you know, that this part of the district
^is composed in a great degree of Ky & [?]
folks &c &c -

I am well satisfied, that the
appointment of Major Terrill, would
prove as satisfactory to the people of