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The proper mode is by petition to the Govr & Col.
The Plf’s lying by 6 years is a presumptive proof that this is not a case of hardship.
But Mr. Purling being dead gone to Europe who could have explained the matter, the Plf thinks it now his time to do that [which] wod not have attempted if Mr. P. had stayed.

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The 2nd Ground on which I contend that Plf shod