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refpondence. ?th Aug. 1799.
Philadelphia May, 27th, 1799,.
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ing eleflion of Gevernnor, the event of
which involves, almost all that is valuable to
Freemen, -we deem it our duty to foliritvour
eo-operatien in the promotion of James
Rets of Pitts'nirgb, to that important and
refponfibte station.
Those vho wish to preserve the happiness
and ind..per.dercr of the'r country ; to sup
press the spirit of anarchy and infurre&ion ;
to retain the true republican chsradteriflics—
equality of rights and subjection to the con
futation and laws eftabliffced by the will of
the whole society, will not hesitate to give
his eremics find no raufc to reproach : A
wan of mild temper, plain manners and ealy
acccfs, who unites with the spirit of early We
rot betrayed the portion of confidence yov
have already repefed in him, acd has affordec
bo rer.fon to fear, that in his bands the ori
dultcratfd by the new and dangerous tenet
that divide or desolate the greatest portio:
of Europe.
To r.s the present occasion appears to call i
fe loudly for a man of this description that, j
vc flatter ourselves, nothing more is necefla- ■
ry than to eftablilh some convenient mode of
co-operation with our Fellow Citizens to
give a beneficial iireflion to our common
efforts, and to dete&, and, by dete&ing, de
feat the endeavours of those who would wi(h
to impole on the public choice a man »lrea
<Jy in podtfiion of a dignified and -lucrative
station, on whose character, notwithstanding
feme provocation has been given, we shall
i;«ke no invidious comments, fatisfied with
•bferving, that thf present times manifeftly
require rather the vigor, than the decline, of
life for great and responsible stations.
In order to accomplish the general fyflem
of co-operation a number of Members of the
Legislature, with the concurrence ef such of
their Fe''ow Citizens as could conveniently
attend, fuggefttd the nomiuation of Com
mittees in the different ceuntries, for the
purpose of opening a correspondence with us
ivho were named as a Committee for the
eity.
It was not expefted that this measure
would any way interfere with such steps as
might be found expedient in the different
parts of the slate ; on the contrary, it was
hoped that, in every part of the slate, the In.
habitants would meet at an early period, and
from such committees ard arrangements,
among themselves, as would produce a bene
ficial and fuccefsful union.
It hap;>ens, however, too often, that,
where we have much time before us, we defer
the irafon of action till it isfo late at to im
pair its tffeft, and we are not without ap
prehension, that this may have been, in some
decree, the cafe on the present occalion.
Perceiving the aftivity of those who flip,
port the other candidate, we take the liberty
of reminding you, that, in an eleftion com
prizing with a vast extent of territory a mof
numerous body of eletlors, whose pafiions
prejudices and fears, on whose very virtues
our opponents hope tspraftice with success
n-i time should be loft* The summer ma;
flip away before a suitable plan of mutua
support is adopted, and the hour of eleftior
may find us difunitejl and unprovided to re
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fifl those artifices and deceptions frequently
exhibited by party, and long deplored by
good citizens.
Letevery man, therefore, mH to mind his
solemn obligations to hisyCountry, to his
l>lf as individually bound aj|d answerable not
merely for his own vote,-but for his strenu
ous exertions to excite his neighbours to
aflift in securing, as far as the choice of a
Governor can do it, a continuance of
our happiness wd pofteritv ; let meetings of
your good Citizens from the fevcral town
fliips be speedily convened, and your coun
ty be divided according to its eleftion dif
rri<Tb, and tliofc again into fmallerdivifions.
so th;.t no man, having' a right to vote, be
palled over without an invitation to perforn
his duty 011 that important day; let clofeat
tention be paid to the falfe rumours, th<
groundlels calumnies, which have already be
gun to be uied as engines of political opera
tions, ami while on our part, we abstain
from practices so difhonorableand malevolen
let us maintain our ground by the exclu
five aid of moderation, truth and firmnefs.
To you, Sir, whose eftabliflied charaifte
promote the good of your country, we hav
thought it our duty to address ourselves
and from you we {hall be very happy to re
we promi'e a ready attention.
Levi Ho'lingsioortb.
Samuel Morris,
Robert Wharton,
Benjamin R. Morgan,
Henry Pratt,
Michael Kippele,
Ziiciariab Ftulson, jun
Daniel Smith
Philip fPoger,
Wrfliam Sbeajf,\
Cod/rev lingo,
Join Wa/fy
Lawrence Seckel,
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AT a numerous assembly of refpe&able
republicans, convened by previous notice, at
the ltoufe of Ml . Christopher Mixsel, in
the borough of Eafton, on th< evening of
the thirtieth day of July, 1799, for the pur
piofe of taking into consideration the -fubjed
of the approaching important Ele&ion,
Robert Traill was appointed chairman, SJ
Abraham Bachman, Secretary.
J After the meeting was thus organized
fS: v a consciousness that the continuance
? ill the political blessings we enjoy depends
lore on the virtue and vigilance of the ci*
izens ; that while the privilege fe'cured to
them by the' constitution of elefting their
rulers (hall be faithfully exercised, we may
defy the Insidious intrigues and open affaulte
of all our enemies ; and that party spirit
and prejudice always tend to exclude that
candid and dispassionate investigation after
truth, which ought to be the firft otjeft
with every real friend to his country. —
They proceeded to a cool and impartial dil
cuffion of the relative merits of the twocan
didates for the Governor's Office, and the
arguments urged in favor of either of them
by their refpettive advocates ; and then
pafledthe following resolutions :
ift. Resolved That this meet
ing do justly estimate the eminent ferviees
rendered by Thomas M'Kean., Esq. as a
Member of the Convention which formed
the excellent CqnlUtution under which we
live, as also those he has for a number of
years performed in his official capacity as
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; yet
confidtering that he holds an honorable ap
pointment for life or during good behavior,
with an independent salary—that aSpanifh
nobleman, now minister from the court of
Spain in the city of Philadelphia is his
son-in-law ; that Spain the moll despotic
government in Europe is now not only
committing depredations on the com
merce of the Uuited States, but also Hir
ing up diflatisfa&ion among the Indians
on our frontiers ; that the said Thomas
M'Kean is so very far advanced in years
as to bt unable to undergo the fatigues of
a campaign, should he be constitutionally
called on to head the military forces of the
(late in cafe of necessity ; that be has re
nounced the fyflem of politics which he
was warmly attached to, and ably advo
cated with James Rofs, his present com
petitor and many others of our firmed pa
triots at the time of the adoption of the
federal and state constitutions.—That on
the other hand, James Rofs is a man of
diftinguiffied abilities, and unimpeachable
public and private character, of mild tem
per and easy access, in the prime of life,
and fully competent to the di("charge of
all the important duties cf that highly res
ponsible station ; and without any doti
nexicn, domestic or otherwise, which can
possibly induce a suspicion of the flighted
bias in favor cf any country or govern
ment but our own.
>vring letter in
This meeting, therefore, without pre
suming to depreciate the merits or services
of- the honorable Thomas M'Kean, Esq.
from a fair and deliberate comparison of the
charafters rf the two gentlemen, and from
a firm and conscientious ronviftion that they
are promoting the eflential interest of this
state and of the United States, do
id. Resolve unanimously, That they will by
all fair and honorable means, support
James Rofs, of PittJburgh, for Governor,
at the ensuing eleftion, and warmly re
commend him to their fellow citizens.
3d. Resolved, That the Chaitman and Se
cretary do sign these Resolutions, and
caute them to be published in both the
papers printed in this borough, also in one
or more of the republican papers in Phila
delphia. and in the papers printed at Read
ing by Mefs'rs Jungman and Shr.yder.
ROBERT TRAILL, Chairman,
ABRAHAM BACHMAN, Sec'ry.
THE Friends to the Elcftion of
JAMES ROSS, of Pittsburgh, as
G»*ernor of this state, arc. requeued to
meet at Dunwoody's Tavern, in Market
street, on Tutfday Evening next, at half
pad 7 o'clock
Levi Holingswortb, Chairman
for the Committee of 0. orrefpon
dence fir the city of Philadelphia.
August 7.
The Members of the Corresponding
Committee, appointed at a meeting of the
friends of Mr. Rofs, will take notice that
they are to meet every Thursday evening at 7
o'clock at Robert Meldrum's tavern in the
Northern Liberties, where the several ward
committees are refpeftfully requeued to at
tend. Aug. 6
Those Citizens of Delaware Coun
ty, who are desirous that JAMES ROSS,
of Pittsburgh, fliould the present
Governor, are requeued to meet at the Black
Horse, in thetownlhip of MtdcHetown, on
the 17th day of Aug. next at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon, m order to consult on meafares
to promote his eleflion.
HUGH LLOYD, Chairman,
of the Corresponding • Gotrinirtcp of
Delaware county.
July 30, 1799.
AT a meeting of a num'oCr of the inhabi
tants ot tht ToTvnfhip oT Gerjnantown, held
Riter's Tavern on Thursday the ift of
Align ft, it was,
Resolved, That the inhabitants of Ger
mantown, Bi'iftol, and Roxborough, friends
to the ele&ion of James Ross, Esq. as
Governor of this Commonwealth, be requeu
ed to meet on Thursday the 1 jth inft. at 3
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ELECTION.
NORTHERN LIBERTIES.
o'clock P. M, at the sign ofGen. M'Phw- , On enquiring into the csufe of her
foil in Germantown. ; diilrels, (lis told me htr Ut it!
THOMAS DUNGAN, Chairman. j I difioounted, and went into the home to
August i. u'S i fee '" m » 1 ti:)urul th e las ' lta S e ot *
' j pulse was fcarcel/ perceptibl», and he lay
From the Cornwall Chronicle'. stretched out like a corpse, in a (late of drow-
Tbe following Discovery, vtkb, from the g /
£ss«:z:J: rr v w «■ ; i
TRW DISUSES, is of so important a recovery I returned, how
nature. that we lose no lime in laving it j® v "» 111 J out " uu ' lcn,rs > '
/•, o J J T 1.•? . lenhble and able to converie ; 1 then gave
before our Readers; and if a substitute > , j t t
J , r j ■ .i ■ t i j r Vr* „ him a dose of bark :he afterwards took at
can be found in tbts Island for Yeast T( i. •i
or Barm, it may possibly be attended witb : a P°F c . r ' ° me 7 ii P( i t Vn
the same babpyeffect here ; Bf least li.m till he repeated the ,east, ..Bdtaea
are persuaded ..bat the Gentlemen »fib* ,e * h ' m ' <^ion S how to I
Faculty -will give it a trial, and w* mwt C!,lled U P°? him , the neXt V™™ " m "
tie other Printers of this Island vilHoke » 1 IM , hlnl W" rc l*{J» and
<m e„4y opportunity to make this cammu- in his garden. He *aa an old man
nidation general : We have beard of a «p w »«!s ot 70.
composition verv nearly resembling Yeast, " bavt fl f e adm.n.ftered the yea ft to
wai 4v rc/ti Molasses above fifty perlons labouring under putrid ie-
Skimmings and Water—We believe there" veri ! and what is lingular (continues this
it commonly a small quantity to be found benevolent man) 1 have not loft a patient."
near the Bung of newly imported Porter. I ** above ''as been handed to us by a gen
eric/ ive understand that it may be had tlcman in this cit }'> w ho loft two children
from England in a dry prepared stale to ty tha fevfr which has been so prevalent of
answer all the purposes of its original * ate « bad a third child who was taken
State If any of our readers is acquaint- and this prescription having come to hi"
ed with a proper succedaneum, a public knowledge, he made the experiment which
communication thereof may serve the gen- was happily crowned with (uccels. We
eral interests of humanity. ■ l™ ll be ha PPy t0 record f * l ther proof, of its
efficacy.
(From the Sun, of Mnrch 30.)
A certain remedy in Putrid Diseases.
IN this pjiiloi'ophic age, when diseases
so often change their appearance from what
pkyficiansjiad any formed experience of, it
is a pfcnGpg refledlion, that theftudy of me
dicine haS; of late been so much fimplifiiJ,
and almost incident to the hu
man body so fully explained, as to come with
in the common appirhenfion of mankind.—
The following faAs communicated to the
wocld by the Rev. Mr. Cartwright, afford
an antidote for the mod dangerous disease
with which tf>e human body can beaffli&ed ;
so that it is hoped one of the molt crowded
avenues to the grave is at length in a great
meafureclofed.
" Seventeen years ago I went (f«yi this
benevolent Clergyman) to reside at Bramp
ton, a populous village near ChefteifielJ. I
had not been there many months before a pu
trid fever broke out among us. Finding by
far the greater number of my parifiioners too
poor to afford themselves medical assistance,
I undertook, by the help of tucli books on
the fobjeft of medicine as were in my pof
feflion, to prescribe for them. I early at
tended a boy, about 14 years of age, who
was attacked by the fever. He had not been
ill many days before the symptoms were un
equivocally putrid. I then administered
bark, wine, and such other remedies as my
books direfted. My exertions werehowever
of no avail ; l it disorder grew every day
more untraftable and malignant, so that I
was in hourly expectation of his diflolution.
Being under the neceflity of taking a jour,
ney, before I fat off I went to fee him, as I
thought for the lad time, and I prepared his
parents for the event of his death, which I
considered as inevitable, and reconciled them
in the best manner I waj able, toa loss which
I knew they would feel severely. While I
was in conversation on this distressing lub
jeft with his mother, I observed, in a small
corner ot the room, a tub of wort working.
The fight brought to my recolleihon an ex
periment I had somewhere met with, " of a
piece of putrid meat being made sweet by be
ing suspended over a tub of wort in the aft
of fermentation." The idea slashed into my
mind, that the yeast might correft the putrid
nature of this disease, and I instantly gave
him two large fpoonfuls. I then told the
mother, if Ihe found her son better, to re
peat this dose every three hours. J then fat
out for my journey ; upon my return, after
a few days, I anxiously enquiied after the
boy, and was informed he was recovered. I
could not repress my curiosity, though I was
greatlyfatigued with my journey, and night
was come on ; 'I went direftly to where he
lived, which was three miles off, hi a wild
part of the moors. The boy himfelf opened
the door, looked surprisingly well, and told
me he had felt better from the jnilant ha ?ook
the yeast.
" After I left Brampton,' I lived in Lei
cestershire. My pariftioners being there tew
and opulent, I dropped the medical chara&cr
entirely and would not prescribe for my own
family. One of my domestics falling ill. ac
cordirgly the apothecary was font for. His
complaint was i violent fever, which in its
progress became putrid. Having great re
liance, and defenedly, in the apothecary's
penetration and judgment, the man was left
solely to his management. His disorder,
however, kept daily gaining ground, till at
length! the apothecary considered him in very
great danger. At last, finding every effort
to be of service to him baffled, he told me he
considered it to be a loft cafe, and that in
his opinion the man could not survive twen
ty four hours. On the apothecary thus giv
ing him up, I determined ti> try the effeds
of yeast. I gave him two large fpoonfuls,
and in 15 minutes from taking the yeast, his
pulls, though still feeble, began to get com
posed and fulL He, in 32 minutes from his
taking it, was able to get up from his bed
and walk in his room. At the expiration
of the second heur, I gave him a bafbn of
fag'o, with a good deal of lemon, wine and
ginger in it ; h® eat it with an appetite •;
in another hour he repeated the yeast ; an
hour afterwards I gave the bark as Jjefore ;
at the next hour lie had food; next had ano
ther dose of yeast ; and then went to bed ;
it was nine o'clock ; he told me he had a
good night, and was recovered. I however
repeated the medicine, and he was soon able
to go about hisbufinefs asufual.
" About a year after this, as I was riding
past a decached farm houfeattlie outflcirts of
the village, I observed a farmer's daughter,
(landing at tre door, apparently in great at'«
Edinburgh, March 1799.
OF thf. TELLOW FEVER.
The following extraft from a Voyage tc
the South Seas, lately publilhed by Captain
Colnett, of the Royal Navy, is highly adc.
serving of the attention of all commanders
of ships and other* who go into hot climates
as it exhibits a fuccefsful mode of treating
the Yellow Fever, a disorder which alas !
has so often baffled the flcill of Medical Prac
titioners. (Page 83^
" The whole erew had been more or less
affe&ed by the Yellow Fever, from which
horrid disorder I was however so fortunate
as to recover them, by adopting the method 1
that I saw pra&ifed by the natives (*f Spa
nilh America, when I was a prisoner among
them. On the firllfymptoms appearing, the
fore part of the head was immediately fliav
ed, and the temples and poll wafted with
vinegar and water. The whole body was
then immersed in warm water, to give a free
Ceurfe to perspiration ; some opening medi
cine was afterwards adminiftred, and every
four hours a dose of ten grains of James's
Powders. If the patient was thirfly, the
drink was weak white wine and water, and
a slice of bread to fatisfy an inclination to
eat. An ins reafing appetite was gratified
by a small quantity of soup, made from the
ofthe Turtle, with a lit
tle vinegar in it. I also gave the lick,
sweetmeats and other articles from iny pri
vate stock, whenever they exprefied a dill
ant wi(h for any, which 1 could fupplythem
with. By this mode of treatment, the whole
ere# improved in their health, except the
carpenter, who, theugh a very flout'
robu'l man, was at one time in such a state
of delirium, and so much reduced, that I
gave him over; but he at length recover
ed."
A more judicious treatment of this disor
der could not have been devised. The fame
good sense, indeed, which direfted the medi
cal concerns ( for there were no surgeon on
board), seems to have prevailed upon every
occasion of difficulty or danger, which re
quired nautical flcill ; bitt of this we are the
less surprised, when we find th'jt Captain
Colnett had served Uiider the celebrated navi
gator Capt Cook ; to whose Works this pub
licities will no doubt be considered a» a va
luable Supplement.
FOR LONDON,
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EBW4RO Jours, Matttr,
iZXliZ'siz&r WILL fiil with ail convenient
fptecl.—iorfreigjit or pafTapt apply t >
' JOSEPH SIMS,
No. 174, iv mh TliirJ Suect.
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A ffw Hcgfce»d« of.
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so* Sale tr
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No. 70, south Foarth ftrcet,
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For Sale,
BV THE SUBSCRIBFR,
The following GOODS Utely imported in the
Adriana, from London, and in packages
Oiitable for exportation
PRINTED C.ALLICOES,
AfTorted from 13 up to 18 and io-
Printed 3 4, 44, and j-4 chint2e».
Printed Marfeillcs Quiltings of the newest and
neatest patterns.
9-8 Brown Sheeting!from it to 15.
A FEW TIERCES OF RICE,
cP ths first quality,
THOMAS GILPIN,
No* 149, South Front Street.
tu.th.&fji.iW'
8 mo. 7th.
A SM/ILL QUANTITY OF
SPANISH INDIGO,
Just jrrivtd—and for sale by
KEARNY WHARTON.
WHO HAS ON HANI,
French Brandy and- Black Pepper.
To Rent,
A CONVENIENT STOKE and COUNT
ING HOUSE, No. mi. South Water Street,
and an excellent CELLAR neat he Cußom
House.
August 6. <]st.
CON y IN"UATION OF
%ate jforeign Articles
By the fllip Boynt, arrived ~t New.York
LONDON, June 7.
Extract oj a letter from Cap. Join Aia : .
ivortb,'of the ship Polly, to A/s
»H Liverpool, dated Jamaica, lytb April.
" In lat. 3. 46, S. long. 22, W. I fcfl
in with a large Spanifhhrig, and after a>ua.
ning engagement of four hours and a half
captured her, called St. Antonia, from Ten.
eriffc to Buenos Ayres. We expended
cannon cartridges, and upwards of 400 muf.
quet and mufqii'toon cartridges, our fails and
rigging were much cut, and feveial of our
Haves ilightly wounded by a flint that went
through our fide under the main chains, and
broke two ftancheoosot the hulk head of the
women's room. On the 1 ith ot March,
went into Barbadoes to laud the prisoners,
being 22.
" I left Barbadoes ©n the 16th March;
in the morning of the 17th, fell in with a
French schooner privatt r. who chafed us till
tAvo P.M. I then hove •6 for fcijn, or. -whjch
he shortened fail,, ajid seemed co.nnlting
with his Officers; soon aiter be made fail,
and came up under our qiiartjr. when J gave
him what guns I could gpt to bear; we had
a numbed of our men fines with fn;a!l arms,
who fought very well, and killed and wound
ed several of the privateer's people ; he then
attempted to board us on the
carried away our main sheet; at this time
only fnjall arms were fired, and if our people
had been at the cabin guns, we must have
funk him. In their attempt to get up the
fide, I took a boarding pike, and threw,rt at
them, which went through the fide of one
man into the thigh of another, and they
both fell—.he then flieeird off, I can fafely
he had 10 men, or upwards, killed or
wounded, his decks being full ofbloocf. We
ga*»e him three cheers, and cliMed iiiiii in o\*r
turn, but could not come up with him ; lie
was full of men, but cannot f.iy what scree.
1 had one man wounded, our hull full of
musket (hot, and fails and rigging very tmicl
cut and (battered." ' * M
Between nine and ten o'clock cn Saturday
morning Col. Shadwell, of the 25th Light
Dragoons, on his arrival at the Bull Inn,
at Maidftone, where his regiments were in
quarters, recognized two dtferters of tht
17th Light-Horse, and on alfightitig from
his carriage, and enquiring where they were
going, one of them, instead of lliewiftg his
furlough, fired his pifiol, and shot the Col,
through the body; the pistol was loaded
with five slugs, which entered the officer
in different places, and occasioned his death
after daggering a few paces. The despe
radoes being pursued by the towns-people, the
fellow who shot the Col. snapped his pistol at
them ; it was returned with the contents ot a
fowling piece which wounded the offender ill
the head the Coroner 1 ! Jury fat on Sunday
evening, and the soldiers were committed to
Maid-Hone goal for the murder.
LUCERNE, May ar.
Our Legislative Body ha* pafledthe fob
lowing Law, in confequerce of a mcfljfcgc
from the Dire&ory of the 17th of'tj»fa,
month.
I- Uptil all danger /hall be psfled, ttie
whole of Helvetia i* transformed iuto I
Camp.
a. All the Citizens registered, either in
the levy or in the reserve, are declared from
this moment a picket for the service of the
interior of the Republic, and are placed at
the disposal of the Dire&ory, for the de
fend of the country.
3. All officer* and inferior officer!, are
put in requifiuoß, upon the demand of the
directory,and bound to whatever service m?y
be required of them.
4.. All Magazines, containing material!
or article* fit for military service, are put in
rcquifition, as well as every thing that can
relate to the service.
5. The Nation (hall completely indemni
fy the Communed, or Citizens whose prop
erty may have fuffered for the common
caufc.
Extra& of a letter from Citizen Niatel, Mic!».
fhipman on board the fliip Jcmappes, da
ted Toulon, May 16.
" We failed the 25th ult. from Brclt,
and proceeded to anchor in the road at Brr»
theaume. The fleet failed on »he 26th in
the morning. We pafitd the Bar without
freing the Enjrlifh fleet, the signal for winch
off our coast had been made before our de.
parture. A favourable wind carried us if
the heights of Cadiz, where we perceived
the English squadron-
"As soon at it was known, the order
was given us to form the line of battle. We
then manoeuvred to get the weather gag*"-
If the wind had not been very violent, it is
certain that a battle must have taken place,
the weather was however so violent, that
we were disposed so, that at break of day
we could no longer difern tlie English fleet.
Several of our veflels had got such 2 distance
from i'B, that they were miffing.
" The iignal was made to anchor in the
port of Cadiz, but as the wind was adverse,
w« could not reach it. After having col
lected our (hips, we failed for the (heights
of Gibraltar.
41 We have coasted along Spain. Being
arrived bcfo-e Carthagena, we remainad
there half a day before the port. We tlisn
continued our voyage, and pafled in light
of the iflandsof Ilvicn, Majorca, and M:i'«
orca. At length on the 13th we entered
the port of Toulon in the btft pofiible conj
dition. I doubt whether we (hall Terrain
here a fufficient time to enable rec to hear
from you,
(Signed]
K *
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