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or houses on it. It is of great value to Mr Cottingham & its loss is seriously felt by him. He considers that he is justly entitled to compensation for its use and occupation, and respectfully submits that he should be paid a fair rent for the property from the 15th May last to this date; and that the property should be now returned to him in an arrangement made by which he can receive remuneration in future by fines and regular payments. 
Mr Cottingham is not unwilling for the Bureau to continue in the use and occupation of [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] his property, but he desires compensation, as he is a poor man; of family, & can ill afford to lose the use of so valuable a piece of property. He made application to Col Hadmount late agent of the Bureau in this city, for payment of rent of the property, and Col. H. assures him that he should be paid, and that three hundred dollars a month would be a fair compensation for it. Mr C. was satisfied with this, but Col H. soon afterwards left here, and Mr. Cottingham has been unable to effect anything to his interest with the present agents of the Bureau. He, therefore, respectfully asks a favorable consideration by you of his claim, and begs that you may on as the sum of Three hundred dolls [[dollars]]

Transcription Notes:
changes and corrections: deletion of “may” in the last sentence and deletion of “s” of the last word “doll”, which is probably referring to “dollars”