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&lt;p&gt;Line 1                                                  Lane Seminary Dec 9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; 1834&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 2              To the Reverend [unclear] &amp;amp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 3              Faculty of Lane Seminary,&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Line 4                                                  Gentlemen&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Line 5                                                                          Will you have the good-&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 6              ness to give me a letter of dismission from Lane&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 7              Seminary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 8                          The reason of this request is not that I am&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 9              not highly gratified with the instruction I have received&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 10            but that after long, calm and carefull examination I have&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 11            been driven to the conclusion that the laws which have&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 12            been [unclear] with their modifications are subversive of&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Line 16                                    Respectfully yours&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 17                                                L. D. Butts&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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