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Lewis Hyde, (colored) of Washington City D.C. 1865. Fr. Beverley Stanard of Spotsylvania County Va.
To One Suit of Clothes, Viz. 1 pair pants, 1 Silk Vest, 1 Shirt
1 pocket Hdkf, 1 pair drawers, borrowed & promised $20.00 to Return them in three days

My wife Winney, loaned to Lewis Hyde against my orders the above mentioned articles of clothing, which cost some $20 with the express understanding that he Hyde would return them in three days, but Lewis Hyde has gone off to Washington and married there, and has never returned the clothing or any part of it. I therefore demand of him the payment for the clothing without delay, or he must answer this charge according to the law

Beverly Stanard
per Ro. le. Dabney
April 18th 1867.