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New York Sept 25 1872

Wm. W. Crapo Esqr
New Bedford

Dear Sir,

We hand you enclosed a very good article to day "Journal of Commerce" upon the subject of dividing the award made in the matter of the "Alabama" claims. The "journal" is, as you know, Democratic, or rather anti administration, but is usually fair in its arguments, & has, doubtless, good grounds for writing so strongly upon the Chances of the money being passed into a channel never intended by the Arbitrators, but which would especially please Mr. J. Bancroft Davis, in this, that if such outrage were perpetrated a certain class of his stripe would applaud him for having carried out his original idea of being paid for consequential damages. How would it to get Mr. Fessender to publish this article & then write a leader upon it, saying in substance, that, the claimants, & especially those living in New Bedford, have too much faith in Mr. Fish