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Troy Ala. Augt. 30th /65

General;
I am this moment in the receipt, through the public prints, of General Orders No 7, and 9, and avail myself of the very first oppertunity to notify you of my acceptance of the appointment confered by general order No 7, & will discharge the duties therein required, as one of the Judicial Officers of the State; to the best of my ability.
Owing to the entire abscence of all mail facilities, we are almost entirely cut off from correct information from the capital, & hence

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