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dred dollars more or less in such a
time is nothing & our people will
think so. It should go to the
general account of contingent
expenses. & to baulk at it is
{illegible} penny wise & pound foolish

That much would I know
afford us -- you & I -- a {illegible: little?}
from {illegible: which?} to {illegible} the work
telling {illegible} & people
who have no imagination & who
must see, or see the picture of,
every thing to understand it.

To that, my dear fellow, if you
can not do it I should hope
you would have it included,
especially as I suppose we shall
have to pay the {illegible} {illegible: four?}-
{illegible: thirty?} as a {illegible: compromise?}. You
say they {illegible: lied? hid?} about the {illegible: matter?}
& you didn't like to be used