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pure and I consider them as fine as I ever sold and 

 I doubt whether a better pair of colts can be found 

 in all Normandy. 



"Z.PIMONT." 



Follows then this certificate: 



"Havre, July 16, 1851. 



' ' This is to certify that I shipped the two Norman 

 colts bought by Mr. Samuel Holman of Z. Pimont 

 of Eouen on the 8th day of July, 1851, on board the 

 ship Scianne, Capt. Williams, consigned to E. W. 

 Hopkins & Co., New York. I am well acquainted 

 with M. Pimont and his stock of horses and know 

 they are of the finest diligence stock, as he keeps 

 no other kind on his farm. This stock of horses 

 is held in high estimation here on account of their 

 great bone and muscular power, quick action and 

 durability and I consider the pair sent as a fair sam- 

 ple of the stock. 



"Y, BARBE." 



Next comes the statement of the import agents in 

 this wise: 



"New York, August 30, 1851. 



"We do hereby certify that the two gray horses 

 consigned to us by Mr. Samuel Holman when re- 

 ceived on board the packet ship Scianne, Capt. 

 Williams, on the 12th day of August, 1851, in good 

 condition, and delivered them according to his ai- 

 ders, one to his brother F. Holman, and the other 

 to Doct. Brown of Ohio. 



"R. H. HOPKINS & CO." 



These letters readily attest the fact that two 

 diligence stallions were imported by Dr, Brown and 

 Samuel Holman in 1851. Further reference will 

 be made to the Holman horse. These letters and 

 certificates prove that Pleasant Valley Bill, or Nor- 



