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letter would otherwise have been noticed before. The letter intended for 

 Captain Marshall, was handed him on his arrival here, yet I have not received 

 any communication from him on the subject to which it referred. He has now 

 been absent some time, and from the nature of our profession, it is uncertain 

 when we may meet, perhaps not for years. I can assure you, sir, that there 

 has not been any mistake in this business — Captain M. has laid claim to that 

 which belonged to another. I wish for no credit as the inventor of the Rudder 

 in question, and I would wish you to say nothing more in your Journal than 

 that Captain M. was not the inventor — my principal object at first in writing 

 you, was to inform you of this, that you should see how grossly you had been 

 deceived. I shall be happy to hear from you soon, as I shall leave this port 

 by 4th March. Please direct, care Sam'l Hicks and Sons. 



Yours respectfully, 



E. B. Rawsox 



