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    "title": "Letter from William Loeb, Jr. to E. A. Hitchcock",
    "description": "This item contains a letter regarding the case of Reverend J. P. Phelan.  Also included is a letter from W. A. Richards to E. A. Hitchcock outlining the case of Robert W. Jekyll versus John Phelan.",
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    "ocrText": "$\n-4-\n1,1906.\n32\nBy departmental decision rendered December 6,1906, you sus-\ntained the action of this office in recommending a cancellation of\nthe entry The following excerpt is taken from your said decision:\nAs stated by you, claimant was duly served; he utterly neglect-\ned to appear at the trial or even apply for a continuance. In a\nstatement under oath, filed by him in aid of his appeal, he failed\nto state the time he has lived on the land. He insists that he has\nacted in good faith but gives no facts from which his good faith\nmay be determined. In fact, his showing, even if regularly made,\nis not sufficient to set aside the default or justify a new hearing.\nIt may not be amiss to refer to that portion of decision of\nthis office of April 26,1906, in which it is stated that:\nIt appears that during the pendency of the former (Witcher)\ncontest the defendant submitted commutation proof in support of his\nentry which was rejected and as developed in that case he had never\nmaintained a bona fide residence on the land. It is evident that\nhe was wrongfully seeking to acquire title to a tract under the pre-\ntence of compliance with the requirements of the homestead laws.\nIn accordance with your request the papers referred by you\nare herewith returned, with a duplicate of this letter.\nRespectfully,\nor A. Richard\nCommi ssioner.\nMCS."
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