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Hugh Seymour Conway (1721-1795), once a lieutenant-general who fell from rank, recently appointed secretary of state under the Marquis of Rockingham, finds that no detail is too small for his office, addressing the Clerk of the Stables, "The Tripoline Ambassador having applied to me for an order to have his Baggage brought from the Ship it is on board of & to be deposited where he shall direct, I am to desire that you will please to give Orders that the Ambassadors goods may be conveyed accordingly as has been usual..." Provenance: A West Coast institution.