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0479

Barbour County Ala
August 24. 1865

To Brig Genl. Mager Swayne
Asst. Commissioner
Bureau Refugees Freedmen & c

Sir
The undersigned one of the Justices of the 
Peace for Beat No. 10. in Barbour County, in the
State of Alabama, do hereby signify my acceptance of the office as agint of said Bureau for  the Administration of Justice in such cases as may come under my jurisdiction as provided for in Section 7 Genl. orders No.1. as referred to in your order dated at Montgomery Ala. August 4th, 1865, I hereby agree to discharge faithfully the duties thereof. 

Have the kindness to send me instructions which you can forward to Eufaula Ala, Care of J. Hardman Justice of the Peace where I can receive them. Witness my hand in the day & year above written -,


Respectfully,
A J Spence  JD