Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-03-27
JOHN HENRY.

Craig, by his letter of Instructions bearing
date February 8, 1909.
(SignedD JOHN HENRY.
No. v.
Hr. RyIandt to Mr. j. Henry, lst Nay, 1909.
My DEAR SlR-Tne news we have receiv-
ed this day from the States will, | imagine,
soon bring you back to us, and If you arrive
at Montreal by the middle of June | shall
probably have the pleasure OF meeting you
there, as | am going with Sir James and a
large suite. The last letters received from
you are to the 18th April the whole are now
transcribing for the purpose of being sent
home where they cannot taa Of doing yos
great credit, and 4 most sincerely hope they
mag euentuaAy contribute to your perma-
nent Advantage. 1t is not necessary to re-
peat the assurance that no effort within the
compass of my power shall be wanting to this
end.
am cruelty out of spirits at the idea of Old
England trucking to such a debased and ac-
cursed government as that OF the u. States.
lam greatly obliged to you for the trouble
you have taken in procuring tie books, though
if Spain falls / shall scarcely have heart to
look into them. ! can add no more now, but
that | am most heartily, and a~flectionately,
yours.
lOtSHNHy ~ -
y. Henry, Esq Boston,
Mr. Ryland to Mr. Henry, dated 4th Nay,
1908.
Nh Dear Sir-You must consider the
short letter | wrote you by the last post as al
together unofficial, bat | am now to intimate
to you in a more iornlal manner our nope of
your speedy return, as the object of your
journey seems, for the present at least, to be
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way of the river up to the 9th Marcn, which
tsllies to a day with what we have received
by the way of the States. Heartily wishing
you a safe and speedy journey back to us,
am, my dear sir, most sincerely yours,
(Signec) III. w. R.
Have the goodness to bring my books with
ysu, though | shall have little spirit to look
into them unless you bring good news from
Spain.
No. VI.
Hr. Henry's mten7oria! to Lord Liuerpool,
enclosed IN a letter TO .Ir. Peel ofthe 18th
Jane, uiM a copy Of that letter.
The undersigned most respectfully submits
the following statement and memorial to
the E.ri of Liverpool:
Long before and during tbs administration
Of your Lordship's predecessor the undersign.
ed bestowed much personal attention to the
state of parties and to the political measures
in the u. States of America
Here is an erasure of about four lines.1
Soon after the affair of the Chesapeake fri
gate, when his Majesty's encouragement of
British America had reason to believe that
the two countries would be involved IN a war,
and had submitted to his Maiesty's ministers
the arrangements of the English party in the
U. States for an efficient resistance to the &c
neral Government, which would probably
terminate in a separation of the northern
states from the general corfederacy he APP
piled to the undersigned to undertake a mis-
sion to Boston where the whole concerns of
the opposition were managed. The object
of the mission was to promote and encourage
the fe leral party to resist the measures of the
general government to offer assurances of
aid and support from his Majesty's govern
ment of Canada and to open a communica-
zion between the leading men engaged in that
opposition and the governor-general upon such
a footing as circumstances might suggest and
finally, to render the plans then in contem-
plation subservient to the views of his Males
tvs government
Tie undersigned Undertook the mission
which lasted from the month of January to
the month of June inclusive, during which
period
those public acts and legislative resolutions of
the Assemblies of Massachusetts, and Con
n~ecticut were passed, which kept the Gene
raj Government of the United States in check
and deferred it from carrying into execution
the measures of hostility with which Great
Britain was menaced.
For his services on the occasion herein re-
cited, and the loss Of time and expenses incur
red, the undersigned neither sought nor re-
ceived any compensation but trusted to the
known Justice and hberality of his MaJesty's
government for the reward of services which
could not, he humbly conceives, be estimate
in pounds, shillings and pence. On the pat