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Greenville Ala August 24th 1865 Genl W Swayne Asst. Comr Bureau of Freedmen Reffugees &c Sir I hereby inform you that I accept the appointment confered by you upon me as one of the justices of the Peace for the State to take jurisdiction of cases between negroes & negroes and between negroes & whites &c & will try & discharge my duty faithfully as such. Very Respectfully Your Obd Servt TB Otts Justice of the Peace Dist No 13 Butler County Ala