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I could not make out the name and will enclose it to you and beg of your Honour to hand this letter to him pleas excuse my long and tiresome letter but was unable to send it any sooner as I wish to give you a correct statement of the case and hope it will be satisfactory you will greatly oblige me by writing me if you wish further satisfaction or if I must give him the provisions if so of course I will do so without further trouble it is hard to give to those who are able to work and I a helpless widow but rather to be put to trouble I will freely give it.

Your Respectfully
A.G. Earnest

[[stamped]] Hd. Qrs. B. OF. R.F. & A.L. South Carolina
Rec'd APR 13 1868 [[/stamped]]