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Society qualify him for the appointment which he asks. --He makes no claims on the score of [undecipherable] or superior abilities; but he is known to profess a [undecipherable] of judgment; qualifications and acquirements at least equal to the [undecipherable] which he wishes; and no man stands higher than he does in the esteem of those who know him, or as a firm & steady friend to Government. --

Doctor [Wellford?] ranks high in his profession, and his Character as a friend to the Government, and as a man of integrity, is, I believe, unimpeachable. --He acted as Director of the Medical Department on the Western Expedition, and gave