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To
Brevet Major Gen'l Miles
Commissioner of Freedmen
Raleigh

We the undersigned Senators and Representatives respectfully request that you will grant us a donation of One hundred barrels of Corn for distribution amongst the Poor of Halifax County, where considerable distress now prevails

[[signatures]] 
[[underlined]] Byron Laflin [[/underlined]]
Representatives of the Legislature
[[bracketed]]
John H Renfrow.
Ivey Hudgins
W. T. J. Hayes
[[underlined]] Henry Epps [[/underlined]]
[[/bracketed]]
Aug Raymond
L. S. Estes
Joseph G. Abbott
Jno T Deweese
W. W. Holden, Governor.
Jo. W. Holden, Speaker.
[[/signatures]]

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