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A United States revenue officer, in Springfield, has received the following "float, " which seems rather a loud one: "To Mr. Adams, I have bin sellin chestnuts by the kwart to sum of the labors, and the boys says I shall be prosecuted if i dont hev a lisens or et my chesnuts stamped onto. How much hav i got to pay fur sellin a fu chesnuts."

The Daily Dispatch: December 23, 1865. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. December 23, 1865. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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