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eight ehiiuroii, four or whom were born on Lay non I Bland, I will use my 
best endeavors to employ laborers who have families no as to populate the 
Islands as quickly as possible; giving Polynesians the preference, con- 
seouently,in malting my residence there y it is no experiment, as both my 
wife end e'i Horen, as well as myself, love the place. 
Should a term of lease for ninty-nine years be impossible, under 
existing conditions, and should you consider this preposition favorably 
otherWise 
respectfully ash that you submit it to His Excellency, the 
President; with a view to securin'* a special act of congress that will con¬ 
firm to me ihv- riaht. I expect to gain but little myself in this under¬ 
taking, but would like to leave to my children a heritage through which 
they can reap the result of my labor, 
I would say, in this connection, that I an a naturalized American 
citizen. - ■ 
Very respeo t fui1y 
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