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[[preprinted]]
ROBERTSON & BLACKFORD,
REAL ESATE AND INSURANCE BROKERS, 
NO. 1515 H STREET N. W.,
OPPOSITE ARLINGTON HOTEL
G. M. FAGUE, CASHIER
WASHINGTON, D.C., ^[[Oct: 5th]], 18^[[89]]
[[/preprinted]]

My dear Miss Fletcher-

I saw the Secretary of the Indian this morning, and asked him to give James Rubins a position as Messenger at a salary of say from 6- to 800 per annum in order to partly defray his expenses during his stay in W. attending the Law School.  The Secretary said he would do so- provided you would make the application, accompanying same by a request from some members of his Tribe- and also a letter from [[underlined]] some [[/underlined]] of the citizens of [[Lewiston?]] that