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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