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Washington city DC  
Feb 8, 1840  
J. L. Moore, Hamburgh, SC 
your favor of the  
9th ultimo containing a statement of account has been enclosed to me at this place. I have been here since last spring attending to to [to]  claims arrising [arising]  under the Cherokee treaty of  
1835,   
In the absence of all my mercantile papers I have no knowledge of the debt or by what store contracted. I am interestd [interested]  in there  
 
 
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 one at Murphey cherokee Cty [County]  NC one at Scotts creek,  Haywood cty [county]  one Indian Town Haywood please inform me [added text: at this place ]  for which the purchase was made, and from an order was recived [received]  and your money shall be immediately remitted from the store indebted   
  
yours & c [et cetera]    
[Signed]  WHT [William Holland Thomas]