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and the Cabinet, the formation of a Colony which seems destined to rise to no ordinary eminence, will not be regarded by posterity as the least valuable.

With a grateful recollection of the uniform kindness I have experienced at your hands, since the period of my appointment to the command of the troops employed in establishing the Settlement,

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your very faithful

And obedient servant,

F. C. IRWIN.

London, July 14th, 1835.