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not possess my confidence the reason is obvious and need not be named. The President having approved my conduct upon the present occasion is the utmost gratification I could possibly receive. It was my intention upon receipt of your answer to my letters of the 19th September accompanying which was a full statement of my account and vouchers to have respectfully suggested the propriety of appointing another person whose situation would enable them to bestow more attention upon a subject of so much importance than I possibly could engaged as I am with the duties attached to my present appointment in the state. And I receive with real pleasure the intimation of the intention of the President to commit the affairs of Florida to the management of Major Gen'l Pinckney. His Military Situation experience and talents render his appointment in every respect proper and you may be assured that every information which I possess or may hereafter possess will be communicated to him with pleasure.