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And now, Messrs. Editors, I have only time to say, that 

 I shall continue to furnish my "memoranda," as I pro- 

 gress along my tour, which you must administer to your 

 readers in "broken doses," taking great care not to pro- 

 duce a surfeit. And I wish you to give early notice to 

 all who are determined to follow my notes through my 

 journey, that they may make early preparation to renew 

 their subscription to your paper, as I am fully persuaded 

 that I shall find so much matter to interest me, that I 

 shall be wholly unable to crowd it into a compass that 

 will allow you to get it into the present volume, without 

 crowding out some more useful and valuable matter. 



I remain your's and your readers' old acquaintance and 

 friend, 



Solon Robinson. 



Letter to John B. Niles 



[John B. Niles Papers, Indiana State Library] 



[August, 1841] 

 To John B. Niles 1 Esq. Attorney Gen l . to "His 

 Majesty the King of all the squatters" — 



Most worthy and 

 much respected subject — 



The fact is well known to you that the palace never 

 has "the string of the latch pulled in," but unfortunately 

 in this "squatting country," those who "first squat upon 

 claims" hold a "pre-emption right" to them as long as 

 the soil remains — 



You are also aware that those two "old settlers," Nisi- 

 prius & the Forks, "have squatted" upon the only spare 

 room and two spare beds in the pallace, and unless you 



^ohn B. Niles, born West Fairlee, Orange County, Vermont; 

 died July 6, 1879. Lawyer, jurist. Professor of chemistry, Indi- 

 ana Medical College, La Porte, 1840. Attorney for Lake Shore 

 and Michigan Southern Railroad, 1851-1879. See Biographical 

 History of Eminent and Self-Made Men of the State of Indiana 

 . . . 2 :dist. 13:46 (Western Biographical Publishing Company, Cin- 

 cinnati, 1880). 



