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27th May 1866

Benjamin D. Hicks Esq
North Hempstead. LL.

Sir

We have great pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of Fifty dollars through you from Mrs. Elizabeth Sticks. Be pleased to convey to her our sincere acknowledgments and to receive yourself our thanks for your attention thereto_

We shall avail [illegible] of your kind offer to aid us further in our efforts and are

Yours very respectfully

Wm Coventry H Waddell

Secy