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Atlanta Ga. Oct 21st 1865

George Carkendale
Lt Col.

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Sir I owned before the emancipation herein certain slaves among which were George & Julia and four children. Julia died this past summer in Alabama, and on her death had exacted a promise from me to take charge of her children, and raise them as I thought best. The children are Henry about twelve years old 
Molly about ten years old, 
Ellen about seven years old and 
Franny about five years old. 
These children were raised mostly in the house with myself & wife, are well bred, honest truthful and well informed. In fact they are better instructed than nine tenths  of the white children either in Georgia or Alabama. The father is anxious also for me to take them. But to day I secured a letter from Troy Pike Co Ala saying that George the father of the children was about marrying a trifling worthless prostitute about seventeen years old who has borne a mulatto child. Negros have no discretion and my object is to prevent their going into the society of such negros or [[?]] necessarily  congregate around the woman who will be their step mother.

In order to make provision for these children I have selected  a freedman

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[[stamp]]: THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES