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Nov 16 / 51
Knight /. I req^st y w^ll h^ve y^e gd^nss t inf^m me imm^y, wh^r y h^ve m^d a contract w^th y^e Ex^ve Com^tee to supply y^m with Sev^l thous^d pos^ve copies, ¡ß if y h^ve made no such contract it has made by an unlicensed persⁿ ag^st wh^m my lawyer will _^ ^{I believe probably} take immed^te proceed^gs

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November 16, 1851
Knight

I request you will have the goodness to inform me immediately, whether you have made a contract with the Executive Committee¹ to supply them with Several thousand positive copies, because if you have made no such contract it has [been] made by an unlicensed person against whom my lawyer will I believe probably take immediate proceedings