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West Roxbury 10. July. 1845

Dear Sir,

When I was at Lupine in 1844 I was fortunate
as to make the acquaintance of Dr. Flugel
our excellent counsel at that place. All
Americans who have traveled thither know his
hospitality and American feelings. He lived years in the
U.S. and us full of American Ideas. You know he is
distinguished among the German [?] and hes
made the best dictionary ever printed. I want
to settle the affairs of my friend Wheeler to whom
Dr. F. has been a Brother- yes more than that.

Well what I write about [?] is this - He has
accounts against the U.S. that date back as far
[?] 2d 1839. (when the first account was [?],) which
is an amount to the monstrous sum of $224.95/100.
[?] which he cannot get paid! He has sent me
the accounts of a power of attorney requesting me
to act for him and do the [?]. A four [?]
minister is not the most [?] man to [?]
in such an enterprise, but when justice is so
clearly on the side of the applicant or when the
country minister makes application to a
great and lover of justice as yourself - it can hardly