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M. 52. F B S M 1865
Mississippi 
State of 
Sept 25" 1865.

Sharkey W. L.
Provisional Governor

Proclamation and acceptance of a proposition made by Col. S Thomas Asst. Comr to transfer to the civil authorities of the State the right to try all cases in which the rights of Freedmen are involved, and requests that Freedmens Courts throughout the state be abolished. 

P.H.
Rec'd F. B. S M. Sept 29" 1865

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Edited: corrections (P H is a signature on a lot of these pages, not P 11)