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Office of Asst Supt B of R F and A L 
Tuskegee Ala Feb 3rd 1866

Col C Cadley Jr
A. A G  B of R F and A L

Colonel
I have the honor to inform you Mr. Reben Allison has failed to bring the boy Jordan before me whose evidence was taken Before a Justice of the Peace in the case of Mr. R Allison and Allen Pitts a colored man in which a mule is in dispute and in my opinion that under provisions of Par 2 
Genl Order No. 2 the mule Belongs to Allen Pitts from the fact he picked up or acquired the mule at a Distance from where he was Employed
I am Col Very Respectfully 
Your Obt Servt
Spencer Smith
Lieut and Asst Supt

Transcription Notes:
name seems to be Reuben - left it Reben as written here