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Bureau Refugees Freedman &c Office Sub. Asst Commr Jackson Miss Mar 9th 1868 Respectfully returned to the Asst Commissioner State of Miss. The Sub Asst Commissioner cannot see the propriety of granting this application. The woman is in good health admitted to be frugal and industrious and ought like other people to be capable of taking care of herself. Thomas H Norton Bvt Maj U.S.A. Sub Asst Commr
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