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Custom House, Boston,
Collector's Office, 26th March 1852.
Sir:
I appoint you an "Aid to the Revenue"
agreeably to the power vested in me by
the 2d [sic] section of the Act of 2d [sic] March 1799,
and you will be employed as such
whenever yourr [sic] services are needed
upon the requisition of the Collector or
Surrveyor [sic, and will be paid a per diem
compensation of $3._ for such time,
or for such a number of days as the
Arrival Officer or Surrveyor [sic] may certify
to the necessity as well as performance
of the duties devolved upon you.
If you conclude to accept this
appointment upon the conditions
proposed, you may present yourself
here to take and subscribe the
usual oath of office, on the 1st. [indecipherable]?
Respectfully, yours,
A. Greely Jr.
Revd J. W. Alvord Collector
Boston