JOHN HENRY, Esq., &c.
_Mr. Henry to Mr. Peel._
27, LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON,
_September 4, 1811._
SIR: I have just learned the ultimate decision of my Lord
Wellesley, relative to the appointment which I was desirous
to obtain; and find that the subsisting relations between the
two countries forbid the creating a new office in the United
States, such as I was solicitous to obtain. In this state of
things I have not a moment to lose in returning to Canada; and
have taken my passage in the last and only ship that sails for
Quebec this season. As I have not time to enter (_de novo_)
into explanations with the gentleman who is in your office,
and as I have received the assurances from you, in addition to
the letter from my Lord Liverpool, of the 27th June, that "his
Lordship would recommend me to the Governor of Canada for the
first vacant situation that I would accept," I beg the favor of
you to advise me how I am to get that recommendation without
loss of time. I have the honor to be, &c.