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to be due any party, are reduced to the gold value of any claim from one party to another.

It also appears, as can be shown, that some time in the year 1866 the said firm of A. Boyd & Son made a Deed of Trust under the laws of Va. in which, among other creditors they promised for their immediate relations to a large amount without charging fraud or otherwise. I respectfully represent that my client, the said Henry Duncan, col'd, having not the same facilities for claiming & asserting his rights, was entirely cut out of the benefits of said Deed, and now stands powerless under the laws of Va for the vindication of his rights.  I furthermore state that unless you, who are bound under the late laws of Congress to see that all classes alike are protected in their rights shall be protected, will interfere in this case, there is no redress.  

I remain Yr Obt. Svt
Thos. C Thackston
Atty. at Law &c &c.