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San Francisco Aug 13th 1869

Mark Hopkins,

I have just come from Bank of California, Wills & Ralston both request we shall hold back drafts as long as possible.

They are doing all they can to carry and help out those that must have aid. Ralston says that all the other Banks are closer drawn down than theirs, that he had to let Tallent have 50,000 this morning and that it is almost impossible to carry the wheat craop, and much other of similar import. And so