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John P. Cook correspondence with Thomas C. Durant, Washington, D.C., 1856-1857
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to well pay for my winter time + expense -- Henn will keep the contested points back as much as possible until he can get the uncontested certified to and out of the way -- Some of the Land Officers are cross + ugly toward us, and I tell Henn to stave off some questions where we shall have to take an appeal until the new Administration gest seated Henn has entered complaint against Ld Officers at head quarters + has been promised that they shall be put through A map will be finished in a day or two for me to take home, for the engineers to indicate the time of location from day to day as it was done in the field Truly yours Jn. P. Cook
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to well pay for my winter time + expense -- Henn will keep the contested points back as much as possible until he can get the uncontested certified to and out of the way -- Some of the Land Officers are cross + ugly toward us, and I tell Henn to stave off some questions where we shall have to take an appeal until the new Administration gest seated Henn has entered complaint against Ld Officers at head quarters + has been promised that they shall be put through A map will be finished in a day or two for me to take home, for the engineers to indicate the time of location from day to day as it was done in the field Truly yours Jn. P. Cook
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