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on Saturday last he called upon you to know if the petition had reached your H'd Qrs and was informed that it had not: that a letter just received from Lt M. S. Reed of the said Bureau at Old Point informs us that the Petition was forwarded from his office: that the parties interested would be pleased to know that their application had safely reached your hands and that by directing some inquiry for the Petition you would very greatly oblige Messrs Hume & Others, and,
Very Resp'y
Yr: obv't servts:
Goodwin, Crocker & Thomas 

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