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<p corresp='TTP35096085P2' xml:id='OTP35096085P2'>And I accordingly beg leave to return to your office my affadavit as Subscribed and Sworn to before the Hon. Alexander Paddock
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<p corresp='TTP35096085P3' xml:id='OTP35096085P3'>Probate Judge of Hamilton County Ohio
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