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when the hind was taken from me, by notice from the 

 park commissioners, on the 25th day of May. So you 

 see that injustice encourages and breeds hke injustice! 

 You well know that English laws protect individual 

 rights, as sacred; and these laws are our natural inheri- 

 tance. Shall we admit that the daughter has fallen 

 from irrace? 



Respectfully yours, 



Samuel E. Sawyer. 



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On the following day, IS^ovember 10th, I received a 

 short note in reply to my lettei*, which was answered at 

 once. To wit: 



I thank you for your suggestion and advice in regard 

 to my rights being adjusted by a jury, but with my 

 present experience, and the treatment I have already 

 received by the city government, or the park commis- 

 sioners, or both, I have lost faith that justice would be 

 found in Court. 



No; it is already a foregone conclusion that the city 

 means to capture my property through its olhcials, so 

 that your oG0,00() citizens may indulge in the enjoy- 

 ment of it for a bagatelle. It is, however, very certain 

 that I shall never consent to a settlement for this valu- 

 able property on the basis of this unjust valuation. Do 

 as they will, I shall still have reserved to me the 

 satisfaction of placing before the public a true statement 

 of the mean spirit exhibited in obtaining the luxury of 

 a public park for the citizens of Boston. 



Yours respectfully, 



Samuel E. Sawyek. 



