Dear sir,

In accordance with previous arrangement with Elder Adams I am here at your service; and it will be necessary for us to have on the examination here before the justice a certified copy of the city Ordinance for the destruction of the Expositor press, or a copy which has been published by author[i]ty— we also wish the Original Order issued by you to the for the destruction of said press; and <​such​> witnesses as may be necessary to show by whom the press was destroyed, and that the Act was not done in A Riotous or tumult[u]ous manner.

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