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then struck off and coloured according to all said agreements.

The moneys received from the said Secretary by the said
[Judson] from time to time amounted in the whole to the sum of
Nine hundred Dollars, out of which sum he had paid
the Engraver Three hundred Dollars, leaving to said [Judson]
Six hundred Dollars only, on account of Drafting the said
Map, superintending the engraving of the same, and for
all his travelling expenses, his loss of time, and expenses
at Cincinnati for several months.

The moneys thus paid from time to time to said
[Judson] by the Secretary was in Michigan Bank Paper
of the various Banks, then greatly depreciated, which said
[Judson] was compelled to disposed of at a very great discount,
and of course loss to himself.

Your Petitioner has never up to this time had a final
settlement with [M^r Slaughter], or with any other Secretary
of the Territory, or any other Agent of the Territory, on account
of his labor and services in constructing the said Map. The
reasons of which may be found in the fact, that for some
years after the work was completed your Petitioner was
absent from the Territory at various periods, and when
he was present, [William B. Slaughter] was often absent,
consequently a delay has taken place, and your Petitioner
has never hitherto applied to the Legislature for redress
of his grievance, and now for the first time lays his case
before your honourable bodies for your just consideration
and equitable and correct determination and settlement.

Your Petitioner herewith exhibits an account of
his receipts and expenditures, as well as his labour in
the construction and final completion of the said Map.
and he most respectfully prays that he may receive at
the hands of the Legislature of Wisconsin that justice
which has so long a time been with held from him.