Mr. William Polk of Somerset County in this state will have the honor of presenting you this—he is anxious to be made known to you & I feel gratified by introducing him as one of the distinguish’d supporters’ of an Revolution in this State; He has since invariably maintaind his original principles & standing almost alone in the lower District of the Eastern Shore, nothing but his rank in society & his personal qualities perhaps ensur’d his safety,—they scarcely procurd him tolerance till the late change offerd him a seat in the Senate of this State:, I feel also another gratification in repeating the expression of the respectful attachment with which

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