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January 7, 1847
Your fan of the 18th. It is <illegible> that you have <illegible>
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<illegible> It is safer, to a <illegible> the <illegible> of more than $35000. In the <illegible> for the <illegible> of the Miamis. The
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Your fan of the 18th. it is really urgent that you have not considered it safer, to advise the payment of more than $35000 on the contract for the removal of the Miamis. The contract did not dapper that under any circumstances more than $10000 would be retained, as the cost of <illegible> the Indians for one year will not exceed $3000 or $6000. It is <illegible> that you should retain enough of the money to be paid on the