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�To the Hon Hannibal Hamlin, + Council

                                Respected Sirs,

We, the members of the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indians petition to you + council, that David Gordon of the City of Calais may be appointed the Indian Agent, for our Tribe the ensuing year 1857. 1 Gilbert Foster 140 Hiram U. Gordon 2 L. B. Norton 141 Jacob Gordon 3 H. Adams 19 Alex Gilman 4 M Grant 20 Stephen G Ematt 5 A M Barnard 21 N N Jenkins 6 H N Barnard 22 W H Mitchell 7 Charles Lenee 23 W. V. Robertson 8 Earl Jordan 24 John Gilmore 9 Calvin P. Horton 25 Isaac Smith