No 4 Winthrop Square

November 27 1861

           

Sir.

            Be pleased to convey to His Excellency my thanks for the confidence implied by the tender to me of the command of the Fort Warren battalion, contained in M D Collie's letter of the 25 but I cannot find in the rank or importance of the position a sufficient justification for its acceptance.

           

I beg therefore very respectfully to decline the appointment from

                                               

His Excellency

VryObtSvt

Fran^s J Parker

 

L^t Col Harrison Ritchie

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