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Bureau R.F. and A.L
Hd Qr's Southern Dis't N.C.
Wilmington N.C.
February 28th 1867

Bvt Brig Genl Robt Avery
Inspector Bu R.F and A.L

Genl
In reply to your letter of the 27th Ins't I have the honor to say, that in the case of the Colored Children Lucy and Maria Ross, apprentices to Danl S. Russell, I have had a notice served on Russell directing him to appear at the next term of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of New Hanover, and show cause why said Indentures should not be cancelled. The above named children were bound to Russell by the County Court of this County.

In the case of children bound to Russell by the County Court of Robeson County, I have had notice served on him directing him to appear at the next term of the County Court for that