Leslie July 4th /1861
Hon Wm. H. Pinckney
                   Dears Sir.   The undersigned
citizens of Leslie having had the pleasure of
listening to your remarks at Leslie on the present
fourth of July do join in the universally expressed
wish that a copy may be furnished by you for 
publication
                Wm Taylor
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		[J?]. S, Parry
		J. [Blackmond?] 
		H. [I?]. Allen
		[Cornl?] Calkins
		A R L Covert
		I H Reed
		F. P. Moody
		N B Backus
		E. K. [illegible in original]
		G. W. Brown
		Hon Spears
		A Walker
		[C?] Gro[rest of name illegible]
		L.A.Royston
		G B Fuller
		[J?]DWoodworth
		Mahlon Covert
		J.N. Phelps
		W. H. Dewey
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