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No 8 Bur R F. & A L. Ast ComsNC
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State of North Carolina
Executive Mansion 
Raleigh N.C. Oct. 21/65
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W.W. Holden
Prov. Governer 
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A paper is laid before him 
showing that Wiley Tanner 
a free boy of Color & Always 
free, who has been bound to
service before the war, is now 
declared to be free to go where 
he may choose, by order of the 
Asst Com of N.C. Bur R F & A L. 
Thinks the Bureau has no more
authority to make this binding
rule than it would in the case
of a white child. Requests
that the action be reconsidered
LS. 37, 153
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Recd Ast Comm of N.C. Oct 21 
1865.

Transcription Notes:
reviewer jeni92127 14 September 2017 - They use a special character (looks like a cross between an "p" and "f") to denote double "s". This was used in the header so it should be "Asst Com of NC". It should also change the last line to have "Asst Com". - Some of the text from the other side of the paper is visible.