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So, I'm doing research on Thomas Commuck, a native Narragansett who moved from Rhode Island to New York and then to Wisconsin, early 19th century. Late in life he sought compensation for family land back in Rhode Island, and apparently became frustrated, trying to handle the matter from a distance. So, trying to truly capture an advocate's attention, he wrote up his case-- in verse! (I have no idea whether he ever succeeded. I suspect not, but will try to find out.)

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