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this time to obtain the necessary labor. I have directed my agents Messrs Knott & Duval to proceed as fast as possible to weigh and deliver & make out a correct account and send a copy to you. I will return to this neighborhood by the 9th of next month to attend to the sale of the Briarfield Iron works & will endeavor to see you in person before the day of sale. I think the sale here will amount to between seventeen & twenty-thousand dollars. I am Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant R.V. Montague Collector of Customs