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            That in consequence of the said F. W. Thomas
having so translated and copied and printed, ~
published, sold and exposed to sale and caused
to be so translated and copied and printed, published,
sold and exposed to sale as aforesaid this Deponent's
said Book, this Deponent has been and still is
injured and damnified in respect of the profits
which she reasonably expected to receive from the
sale thereof and has been and still is deprived
of the receipt of profits which she reasonably
expected to receive therefrom.
            That some time in the year 1852 she -
employed at much expense [Hugo Rudolph Hutton] a competent German
scholar of ability and skill and critical knowledge
of the German and English languages to translate
and copy into the German language this Deponent's
said Book. That said German scholar was assisted
in his labors by the above Complainant Calvin E. Stowe
whose wife this Deponent is. That by these individuals
at the expense and charges of this Deponent her said
Book has been fully and completely, accurately and
carefully translated and copied into the German ~
language; and the same [has been] printed and
published in German by this Deponent, and all the
provisions and requisitions of the several Acts of Congress
respecting Copyrights have been complied with in respect
to this edition of said Book.
            That having as aforesaid the sole and exclusive
right to translate and copy and print, publish, sell
and expose to sale the said Book for her own private
benefit and advantage this Deponent was in hopes
and reasonably expected to receive large profits from
the sale of the said lastmentioned edition of said
Book; but that in consequence of the said F. W. Thomas
having so translated and copied into the German