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C. 64. F B S M- 1865

Brandon Miss. Sept. 20" 65

Cole H.S.
Clerk Probate Court

Says he has frequent applications from the Freedmen for Marriage Licenses and request authority to issue them, and also to draw up contracts between Freedmen and their Employers.

[[stamp]] FREEDMEN'S BUREAU, STATE OF MISS. * REC'D SEP 29 1865 [[/stamp]]

Recd. Off A. A. Com. F. B. Oct. 4/65

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[[preprinted]] OFFICE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, FREEDMEN'S BUREAU, 
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
Vicksburg, Miss., ^[[Sept 30th]] 1865.

Respectfully ^[[Referred]] to ^[[Lieut Col R S Donaldson Act. Asst Commissioner Freedmens Bureau, who will furnish this officer with the necessary instruction and paper to conduct the business he asks for.]]

BY ORDER OF COL. SAM'L THOMAS,
Assistant Commissioner, Freedmen's Bureau,
State of Mississippi.
^[[signature]] Stuart Eldridge [[/signature]]
Lt. Act. Ass't. Adj't Gen'l. [[/preprinted]]

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