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Sir,
 
Sir,
  
Your letter of  the 4 [undecipherable] is now before me [strikethrough] and [undecipherable] to your request [\strikethrough] I find you are mistaken in the [undecipherable] to Captain Alex Patterson’s receiving
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Your letter of  the 4 [undecipherable] is now before me [strikethrough] and [undecipherable] to your request [\strikethrough] I find you are mistaken in the [undecipherable] to Captain Alex Patterson’s receiving from me any Certificates for you - as it appears on the Settlement of your Account that a balance was due from you to the [undecipherable], which balance Mr. Nicholson, Comptroller of Penn deducted from your Account of depreciation and [undecipherable] the balance in a Certificate No. 3282 - to Alexander Capt. Patterson
 
 
Sir,
 
 
 
Your letter the 4 [undecipherable] is now before me,