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when it may be brought to a conclusion. In the meantime I really feel inexpressible concern for our Worthy Friends' Welfare in Canada. You will all be exposed there to the first and Brunt of our Aggressors and ungenerous (to say the least) Enemies. A number of the Gentlemen, Proprietors, went down last summer along with the returns from Fort William, and you will naturally imagine that suspense to hear the result is particularly distressing on the present occasion. M^r. Wintzel, on account of some complaint, was on the route to Montreal to consult the Faculty. By this time I hope he has been able to pay his respects to you. The Gentlemen are adopting every precautionary measure in their power to avert as much as possible the evils threatened by these ominous and menacing Times. I sincerely wish them success. We have bad reports from Montreal last

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