to your acting. Important as the services you have already rendered to this Province, and no one is more ready to recognize them than I am, still no duty was ever imposed upon you of such vital importance, as that which I now ask you to undertake. In the event howr. of yr. declining or being unable to act, can you suggest any one - I have thought of Cooper - but without in the slightest degree weighing the pro's and con's. I send you a copy of the Col. Secy. letter relative to this matter. Believe me, dear McLean Yours ever faithfully I. E. Featherston