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great many of those Transportation Orders, but that he never had got any thing for them and that he did not want any more of them but that I was welcome to my passage up to Fayetteville, and then went on to abuse the Government in a shameful manner. The only reply that I made to the Captain was that, I had said to Mr J.N. Worth, one of the owners of the Steamer, that if he would bring his Transportation Orders to my office that I would put them in form so that he could get the pay on them, and that I had said that to Mr. Worth, on two or three occasions the past summer. The foregoing conversation took place very soon after the Steamer left Elizabeth. When within about ten miles of Fayetteville, Captain Hunt came to me in the cabin and said you God damned son of bitch pay me three dollars, or I will put you a shore. I replyed I will go a shore - he then said [[end page]]
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