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Troy Ala June 26. 1866

[[?]] Maria
Freedwoman

Stating that her husband (George Bough) was charged with stealing last winter and that she was arrested and put in jail while there she was persuaded to apprentice her child about eight years old out to the Jailor. And her husband and children by a former wife were also bound out. She wants to recover her own child as it is the only comfort that she has got. and asking assistance to get the child.