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through your member of
Parliament to John Tilton
Esq. Deputy Minister of Fisheries
at Ottawa

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Newcastle. [?]
June 18th 1887
H. S. Hickman[?] Esq.
Washington.

Dear Sir,

Your letter of May 30th
to hand and in reply I beg
to say that your application
is too late for speckled trout
fry for this season.

In order that you may be
sure of getting some next Spring
you had better make a formal
application [?] me

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