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15 thousand gallons not yet given to The Manhattan Company Left open for open purchases
The company has now on hand 17000  gallons 1st class oil which is probly all now in the market. Bought it up.
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July 9 1866 Mr Roper came to Washington on arrival of my letter assures me that Crosby &c have no control over him He sold his patent to Elmer Townsend of Boston reserving the right to manufacture the engines and obtained afterwards the right to sell. Crosby &co are patent brokers for shoe apparatus and have obtained from Mr Townsend the right to sell their engine as a source of power to there shoe customers & others.
Mr Roper has made the patterns and nearly completed two engines on

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class - 'ss' appears 'fs' in old hand