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Raleigh N.C. August 19th 1867. It appears to me that the Sheriff or other Civil Authorities have done the bearer great wrong by an apparently unpardonable mistake and subsequent imprisonment for five weeks without hearing or remedy. [[?]] U.S. Infty. [[left margin]] R. 1. O.A.S.D.R. Aug 1867 [[/left margin]]
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