[No signature.]

And the following:

“New York, December 6.

“Hon. Jas. K. Kelly:

“Is your matter certain? There must be no mistake. All depends on you. Place no reliance on any favorable report from three southward. Sonetter. Answer quick.”

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Also the following:

December 6, 1876.

“To Col. W. T. Pelton, 15 Gramercy Park, N. Y.:

“Glory to God! Hold on to the one vote in Oregon! I have one hundred thousand men to back it up!