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Government for support. Would it not be better for the Government to pay my expenses to Texas than to feed myself, wife, and children for 12 months, to come. I am not able to pay for my expenses to Texas, and I ask you, General, to give me and my family free transportation. Please let me hear from you soon as I am deeply interested in this matter.
Very Respectfully,
Your Ob't servt.
J. A. Pruitt

P.S. For the truth of my statement above I refer you to Hon. George W. Stone, late Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of Alabama also Col. Thos J. Judge Montgomery Ala. 
J. A. Pruit

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