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Indian Department
Quebec 12th May 1862

Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of the 8th instant and to inform you
in reply that there can be no reasonable objection to [confirm?]
the desire of the Sarnia Band to increase the salary
of their School Teacher, Miss Adams, but the
actual written decision of the Indian Council
should be sent down.

I have the honor to be
Sir
Your obedient Servant
Wm Spragge
Deputy Supt. of [Indian?] Affairs

Froome Talfourd Esq.
[V.S.I.A.?]
Per John S. [Thornton?] Esqr.
Sarnia

[At???] Copy
D.B. Wawanosh
[N.C.?]