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[[preprinted]] ^[[N.Y. Branch]] American ^[[Freedman's]] Union Commission, [[strikethrough]] No. 14 BIBLE HOUSE. [[/strikethrough]] ^[[North Shore,]] New York, ^[[Dec. 21st]] 186^[[9]]. [[/preprinted]] Maj. D. G. Swain Supt. &c. Dear Sir, Sebastien Payne wishes to go back to Maryland & take a school — he will not run away again I hope! Where shall he go? please to let me know at once. If you can give me the names of two or three places where