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consistency + [wish] forbid my saying or doing more - [but to] advise [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] do. [unclear] of my Engagements, I [will?] [there: :fore] add, [unclear] believing you may have the offer of the commission,/ and find you in commission would [re: :joice] [unclear] / it is my advise that you [observe?] [silence], and [should?] the [proof?] / [unclear] be made, then weigh the pros + cons, in which you will command my Head + Heart, and [be?] determined by the result - [See the now] Col. [Lou: :den], [unclear], because I am not disposed to [yield] my opinions to [his], [takes] it for granted I must be his Enemy, [was] [ur]: :[gent] for the transfer + promotion of Capt [unclear] to this original ap: :pointment, in the face of all [unclear] + settled principal[s] - do you know [the?] [Gentleman]? he is a stranger to me, but seems to claim every thing, + [igno: rance]