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Department of the Gulf, U.S. Military Telegraph Office, 186 Telegraph from Natchez 21 To Col Thomas Does General order 11 from apply to our Bureau to settle cases of striking nigger amounting to (10) to 20 dollars for customer please answer at once G Reynolds Medford
Transcription Notes:
is there a word after Natchez?--yes; Janet Schoor, checker