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it had been due, one year, lacking 10 days, when
Mr Steele audited the same, - the correctness of the
claim, being, undoubted - as no doubt, the evidence,
is in your office, it is a matter of surprise
to me that same has not yet been paid.

In regard to the voucher and account of Mr
Harvey L. Beale, the evidence of its justness, although
not of the same character, is equally clear.
The affadavit of Mr. Beale himself and also of
Mr Schoefel, who was clerk or book keeper, for
the then Agent, Mr Ford, both men of standing
and integrity, and then the recommendation of
Mr Steele as to its justice, would seem to be suffic
=ient to establish beyond any doubt, reasons, for
its prompt payment.

I wrote to you upon the subject of Mr
Beale's claims, sending you the affidavits, proving
its justness, while I was Supervisor of the
Mendocino Reservation. I think in July/63
but have never recd any reply to it.
I also wrote to my friend Mr. G Gole M. G. from this
state, asking him to call your attention to it, which
he informs he did; yet with all these things I
have yet failed to get a favorable response in the shape
of payment.
Will you, my Dear Sir, have the goodness
to give attention to the two claims, mentioned
in this communications, and direct their