To Alexander RANKIN, Esq., late Lt. P.B., N.B.R.A. - Sir: We the members of the Portland Battery of the New Brunswick Regiment of Artillery desire to express to you simply and sincerely our regret at your retiring from being an officer of the battery. (see original) (signed) Hurd PETERS, James KIRK, Richard FARMER, Thomas SCOTT, Wm McKENZIE, George KENNEDY, James NAPIER, P.M. PARKINSON, William BARROW, William HAMILTON, Walter STARKIE, John REED, Henry BUCHANAN, John YOUNG, William LOGAN, John Y. LORD, Walter COBHAM, Robert FARRELL, James WEATHERBY, William LOUGHERY, William CATHCART, Robert PATTERSON, John LOGAN, Archibald CAPSON, George CARR, James McCONNELL, James McFAUN, John CARLIN, William H. ROSE, Samuel TERRY, William EWING, Albert COLES, John BUCHANAN, Thos. E. ANDREWS, William MORGAN, James S. MORGAN, Matthew MITCHELL, Robert McCLINTOCK, John LORD, Christopher WHITE, William COURT, James WATT, Thos. CLARK, John CUNNINGHAM, David MURPHY, Robert HAMILTON, Robert IRVINE, John CUNNINGHAM 2d., Frank CRAWFORD, Thomas MURRAY, C.L. NAPIER.