Gen’l Wm Brindell
Land Office Lecompton
Sir
You will remember that I called upon you at the Office of Receiver of Land
  Office to claim a Section of land on behalf of myself and children as heirs
  of the late John M. Armstrong of the Wyandott nation, to whom a section was
  granted by the treaties of March 7, 1842 and Jan 31, 1855, made by the U.S.
  with the Wyandott Nation or tribe of Indians. To satisfy you that I was the
  proper claimant, I gave you my letters of administration for my husband’s
  estate and certificates from Messrs. Lawrence Wyandott Commissioner,  Robinson,
  Indian Agent and Wyandott Commissioner, and from Wm. Walker a well known member
  of the Wyandott nation. In addition to those papers, I sent you by mail, soon
  after my arrival at home, my marriage certificate and an affidavit of my mother
  to more fully establish my identity as the widow of the said John M. Armstrong,
  and my right to transact the business pertaining to his estate. Having not
  heard whether you had received these latter papers and receiving information
  from the Commissioner
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of the Gen’l Land Office, that parts of two of the sections which I
  selected, were Indian lands and being requested by said Comm’s to finally
  designate my choice, I again wrote to you on the 15th ult. inquiring if you
  had received the Marriage Certificate  affidavit and also informing you
  of the advice of the Comm’s of Gen’l Land Office and designating
  section
17 Township 13 south. Range 24 E.
as my final selection and urging an immediate answer. Not having yet had an
  answer, and having heard with deep regret that you had been removed from the
  Office, I write again to inquire of you, what you have done in the premises
  and what you can do for me under the circumstances and to beg of you to secure
  for me if possible said section 17 in township 13 S. Range 24 E –
I have already gone to a great deal of trouble and expense to secure said
  grant, whereas I ought not to have been put to any, as the grant was made to
  indemnify my husband for losses he sustained by a removal from Ohio to this
  territory whither his nation had been urged to come by the U.S. for twenty
  years, and to which we came with great reluctance. There are rumors that the
  Shawnee lands, are soon to be, or are already in the market, and since the
  rapid settlement of said lands, lessens my chances every day, I am the more
  urgent about it – and would feel greatly obliged to you, if you would
  finally arrange this matter for me immediately and whatever you can or will
  do for me, either by doing all that can be done at the office at Lecompton
  or by favoring me with your advice, as to what is best for me to do, please
  inform me by return of mail and you will greatly oblige 
Yours etc Lucy B. Armstrong