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Abbeville Henry County Ala Sept 18th/65
Brig. Gen. Wager Swayne

Dear sir by order of the President it is made obligatory upon the Military Authorities through the County where the negroes are not allowed to be entangled the same as the whites in the Civil Court to take charge of all such cases and administer justice between the parties, And you designate until further orders all judicial officers act as agents of this Bureau for the administration of Justice in the cases above mentioned. 
I assume jurisdiction & signify my acceptance of the same. You will please give me all the information that I may know how to act in the premises

You will direct to me at Eufaula Ala care of Weeks Pippin. You will have to send by express. Respectfully
S M B. Greene
Judge of Probate