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[[left top corner]][[underline]] Don't copy this [[end underline]]
[[center justified]] Overlook,
Omaha, [[end center justified]]
[[right justified]] June 2, 1879 [[end right justified]]
[[right top page]] Not This
 
To R. B. Hayes : 
     President of the United States
Dear Sir- 
     I beg leave to commend to your kind attention the Rev. T. H. Tibbals of this City who has most nobly interested himself in the case of the poor unfortunate Poncas. (Indians)
     I feel sure that your Excellency cannot be personally acquainted with the history of the wrongs done to this helpless tribe.
      Mr Tibbals is in possession of all the-facts concerning their removal from their reservation  - their sickness and trials in the Indian Country - their present deplorable situation, and their great anxiety for one more chance for life and health. I beg of you, Mr President, to give a patient hearing to the sad story, and there can be no doubt that justice will be accorded them. 
     Mr Tibbals is a citizen of Omaha very highly respected in the commu-

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