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nature and foundation of his claims amounting to over twenty-five hundred dollars. I believe he is justly entitled to all, or the greater portion of it but then will be no earthly use in instituting actions before the civil tribunals for a recovery of it. There, I feel confident, he must fall, from existing prejudices against the freedmen, it matters but little how strong his case might be. It is from this cause I  refered to that  tribunal inaugurated for his especial benefit, and also, to avoid the technicalities upon which he will most likely founder in a civil court.
You are aware that men in my profession usually labour for just remuneration and with the freedmen, I find this idea entirely forgotten. If the boy Abram will pay me for services I will undertake his case but not otherwise. This he has refused to do, (only in promises), and therefore I must decline seeing serving him, however just his claims. If he had not the means, & I felt any assurance of pay in future, I should feel it my duty to prosecute his case, but he has money & is prepared to respond to my demand at any hour, and only declines though unwillingness to pay it out. 

I have the honor to be 
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
S. N. Jones 
Atty at Law