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+ | My Dear Sir | ||
+ | On receiving your letter yesterday I abstain'd | ||
+ | from doing more than acknowledging it, because I | ||
+ | felt unwilling to make any observations on a Subject | ||
+ | which I considered (as I still do) as brought to a decided | ||
+ | issue. But on reflecting on some passages in that Letter | ||
+ | I am not sure whether they do not give reason to think | ||
+ | that you have in some respects understood what has | ||
+ | passed between us in a different light from that in | ||
+ | which I viewed it & which I hoped it had been | ||
+ | distinctly plain by the whole tenor of the | ||
+ | conversation. I refer to those expressions which seem | ||
+ | to imply that you considered yourself as authorised | ||
+ | to state to your colleagues no specific & positive | ||
+ | propositions as made by me & as containing the | ||
+ | outline of a Plan of arrangement which it was for | ||
+ | Them to consider whether They ought to recommend | ||
+ | to His Majesty to carry into effect. I certainly | ||
+ | did not consider myself as having made to you | ||
+ | any proposition on the Subject. Our interview | ||
+ | originated as I conceive in a strong wish expressed | ||
+ | by yourself that I might be induced to return to my | ||
+ | former situation in the King's service. On that point | ||
+ | I stated that the only ground on which I could think | ||
+ | myself called upon to give any positive answer to | ||
+ | such a proposition, or to say anything which could |
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Bromley Hill Apl. 15th 1803
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My Dear Sir On receiving your letter yesterday I abstain'd from doing more than acknowledging it, because I felt unwilling to make any observations on a Subject which I considered (as I still do) as brought to a decided issue. But on reflecting on some passages in that Letter I am not sure whether they do not give reason to think that you have in some respects understood what has passed between us in a different light from that in which I viewed it & which I hoped it had been
distinctly plain by the whole tenor of the
conversation. I refer to those expressions which seem to imply that you considered yourself as authorised to state to your colleagues no specific & positive propositions as made by me & as containing the outline of a Plan of arrangement which it was for Them to consider whether They ought to recommend to His Majesty to carry into effect. I certainly did not consider myself as having made to you any proposition on the Subject. Our interview originated as I conceive in a strong wish expressed by yourself that I might be induced to return to my former situation in the King's service. On that point I stated that the only ground on which I could think myself called upon to give any positive answer to such a proposition, or to say anything which could