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after the hands of the Bureau is lifted up of of you you Will have to [[?]] a pray marster and mistus as same as you ever did said matters said if you Bought A midlin of meat When you Come to Settle for it it Would be ninety dollars Elliseander Allen his x mark Nathanial Allen his x mark Linny Reid his x mark Elisen Allen her x mark Sworn to and subscribed before mee this November 26 1866 Sworn to and subscribed Before me this November 1866 C M Milson J P [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] State of Georgia Pesto Co Nov 26 1866 Alex Allen, Nathan Allen, Lizzy Reed & Eliza Allen freedpeople Charges M. Matthews agent Clark Swayze with fraudulent representations to reduce freedpeople to Emigrate - stating if they remain they would be enslaved the [[strikethrough]] Bureau [[/strikethrough]] after this year would be suspended and the freedpeople and teachers tied and thrown in the river
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