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which it has been usual for or incumbent on Governors to
appoint, rather than His Ldp should entertain the least Sus-
picion of my having ever had any thing in view in such
Appointment besides His Ldp's pleasure & Interest. With
truth can I assure you that I have very rarely consulted my
own Inclinations in my Appointment of any Officers in the
Governmt & I am apt to beleive that not more than three or
four do really think themselves obliged to me for their Prefer-
ment, while by my Inability to provide for many who have
endeavoured to recommend themselves to my favourable
Notice I doubt not but I have made many Enemies & inclined
some of them to entertain no very great Opinion of my Power,
such would be the Sentiments no doubt of Mr Jones was His
Ldp to grant his Request, & I am inclined to think Mr Darnall
would be much of the same Opinion should His Ldp gratify
his hopes & Expectations. I have taken the Liberty to write
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to His Ldp pretty fully concerning Mr Jones & flatter myself
His Ldp will not lessen my Influence so much as would
certainly be done by conferring Favours on any one who has
rendered himself justly obnoxious to the Government. Colo
Lloyds Observation" that unless he has the Recommendation
of all Officers with whom he must be concerned Gentlemen
opposite to him in Sentiments may happen to be appointed"
is no doubt very just but I hope he would not insinuate that
there is a probability of my appointing any person to an Office
for which he is unfit or against whom any Objection can be
made. I am sure he has not hitherto had the least Reason to
be dissatisfied with any of my Appointments neither shall he
ever have room to except agst any. I have always paid the
greatest Regard to his Recommendations, in one Instance
only have I made any Objection to them & that was to
one who was represented to be in very low Circumstances
& for whom Colo Lloyd himself declined giving Security.
You tell me his present Drift is to get Mr Cha. Goldsborough
into place, I cannot guess what he would have done for him
neither did I ever learn till now that he would desire more for
him than a Seat at the Council. Upon the Strength of what
you write concerning Mr Dulany I have ventured to address
His Ldp in his behalf & hope a favourable Answer. I will
send or deliver your Letter to Mr Dulany immediately on my
Return & hope t'will give him Satisfaction tho I am not with-
out some Apprehensions that from Your telling him "the only
Way for him to obtain favour of my Lord is to address me"
he might be apt to suspect I have espoused his Interest less
warmly than I really have. I hope Mr Young will not be set
in Competition with him, I am confident that would never
happen were the Gentlemen's Characters as well known to
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