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Franklin, Maine
August 18, 1857
H. H. Hobbs, Esq.
Dear Sir: - Immediately on receipt of this, please write, addressing me at No. 18, Exchange Street, Boston, & inform me whether you will be at Court at its next session & have the Action Veazie vs. Lawrence continued, as it is my object to have a trial of same at Some future day -
Yours respectfully
J. L. Lawrence
J. L. Lawrence may have been Col. John L. Lawrence of Kittery Point, Maine, a merchant who had dealings in eastern Maine. He was injured in a carriage accident near the Hancock/Washington County line in 1858.
H. H. Hobbs may have been Hiram Hay Hobbs (1802-1884) of South Berwick, Maine.
Veazie may have been General Samuel Veazie (1787-1868), who owned lumber mills in Eastern Maine.
The lawsuit may have regarded a lumber sales dispute or a railway.
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