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Ken on purpose to fight them he promising me an emolument - Now if such is the case that my evidence has saved you the three steamers for the Bureau, and it is worth twenty five per cent to discover property, am I not entitled to something, I leave it for your consideration, and hope I may get back a little of my losses, particularly as it was through the agency of an United States officer in the Treasury Dpt. that I got into it.
I remain Sir 
Yours truly
M. S. Foote

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