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[Penciled at top of page:] Parker

Portsmouth N. H. April 18th 1821.

To His Excellency William King, Governor of the State of Maine.

Sir,

Understanding you are appointed a Commissioner under the Spanish Treaty, and presuming that the President of the United States, will not appoint the Clerk of the Commissioners authorized by the late act of Congress, except upon the recommendation of the Board, or supposing, at least, that the Commissioners will be consulted with regard to the person to be appointed as their Clerk, I take the liberty, very respectfully, to offer myself to your Excellency as a candidate for the Office of Clerk to the board of Commissioners.

As I have not the honor of a personal acquaintance with your Excellency, I beg leave to state, that I was an Officer of the Army during the late War, and that with regard to my qualifications as a Clerk, that I was for several years a Clerk in the Insurance Office kept by the late John Peirce Esqr in this Town,

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