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([Saturday] July 12th Continued)

and Mr. Stark’s appointment.
If I had not been so solicited, I could not well refuse. I could when Mr. Litchfield had resign’d, have appointed some Gentleman to fill the Office of Prothonotary much more to my satisfaction, not that I do not think Mr. Stark will execute the Office very well, but that there are others, who I think have better pretentions to the Office, and to whom
/ I would