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to erect such a building as would be suitable and adapted to the present wants of our people here. Therefore in view of the strong encouragements you have been pleased to hold out to us, we would humbly and most earnestly solicit from the Bureau through your agency an appropriation of the sum aforementioned viz. Three Thousand dollars $3000 for the purposes and uses herein specified. With assurances that your favorable action in this matter will ever be gratefully remembered and appreciated. we have the honor to subscribe ourselves very respectfully
Your obedient servants
George Pennewit
Luben Russell
Frank[[his X mark]] Stewart
William [[his X mark]]King
David [[his X mark]] Quoll