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The 2 letters of 16 & 21 June have a direction at the bottom “Mr. Larkins Esq.” I therefore thought it of no consequence to keep the covers; but Exh. Y has my seal to it on the tape, which connects the cover with the letter; &, to the best of my remembrance, I fixed on that seal before I went to dinner on the day, on which I recd it. Three days could not have passed, before the seal affixed; bec. on the 13th I carried it with the seal to the Grand Jury. What I have said makes it very improbable I cd have fixed the seal on the 13th Jn. Escl. Y. there was no direction at bottom, & therefore I kept the cover. I [ILL] by the same [ILL] in Exh. A.