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Demopolis August 29th 1865 Genl Swayne Montgomery Ala Dear Sir, As I am a Justice of the Peace for the Demopolis Beat in Marengo County, Ala, I take this opportunity of writing to you to inform you that I am willing to accept the appointment tendered by you in your order of the 4th Just, viz to receive the testimony of freedmen or negroes in a "all difficulties arriving between the negroes themselves or between negroes and whites" Yours respectfully E A Taylor Justice of the Peace for Marengo County