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Helena Mch 16, 1870

Hon. W.M. Colby

Dr Sir

In giving statistics of affairs of the districts in Phillips Co. to the people through our papers I gave opposite each dist in the table the amount received from your office
This for the double purpose of giving your dep't full credit among our people for its aid: and so that the people of the dists might see to it in settlement of the trustee.

The trustees of several of the dists complain now that they did not get the accounts as stated and on looking into the P.O. Registry here it would appear that the orders of opressed had not been paid