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I Solomon Coy[?] of lawful age on oath to testify and say that about the last of March AD 1857 I purchased at auction, for Seth W. Smith, and at his request, one hundred bushels of potatoes. They were called the Slater potatoes, and were sold for his benefit, I think. I bid eighty seven cents for the first fifty bushels, and ninety two for the next fifty bushes, and they were sold to me at those prices. Mr. Seth W. Smith paid for the potatoes at those prices and they were delivered to him. They were the best potatoes that could be found in this market. Potatoes from the same lot were sold in planting time for one dollar & twenty five cents per bushel and that was considered a fair market price for them.

I had a conversation with Louis Beneuit, the Indian representative, last fall, in which he stated to me that those potatoes were the best seed potatoes the Indians ever had.

I have known Mr. Smith from boyhood and been well acquainted with him during the time he has been Indian agent. I am well acquainted with very many of the Passamaquoddy Indians, and live near one of their camping grounds. I have had frequent conversations with them respecting the Indian agency, and they have always expressed