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and is also an evidence of his acknowledged wealth.
These points, I hope, may be considered by you in connection with his application to break my Lease with the Bureau.

Captain Flagg states that, should it be determined by the Department to annul this Lease with others, it will depend altogether upon the wording of his instructions how long a notice, or whether any notice at all, shall be allowed me to procure other Quarters (the difficulty in finding which I have already stated)—so that in the event of a decision in favor of Humes application, as to the invalidity of my Lease, I may be compelled to move immediately without warning as in the case of the restoration of his furniture he only notified me of the fact on the evening of the 24th and took immediate possession of it—carrying it out of the house this morning, 25th. — I can, therefore, [[strikethrough]] hope nothing [[/strikethrough]] from this man's antecedents, expect no kind of christian treatment, should it be placed in his power to eject me.
It becomes, therefore, of vital importance that I should guard against such a contingency, and I urge that 

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