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Greenville Ala.
16" April, 1866.

Capt.
F.O. Steinburg,
Ass't. Supt. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & A.L.

Sir,
The circumstances under which I recommended the binding of Mary an orphan child of Fanny, who has just died of small pox, were these.

Fanny was an intelligent woman, the wife of an orderly well disposed negro man, living here named Tom Street. He is not the father of Mary however; and Fanny and Mary had frequently consulted me. I was, in fact, Fanny's counsel upon all occasions. Both she and Tom street had been for some time free, but Fanny formerly belonged to Mrs. Norvell, as had Mary. I knew Fanny's confidence in Mrs. Norvell; and Mary had often requested me to use my influence to have her sent to school; as she was kept ragged and filthy, peddling a few cakes about town. When Fanny died, and to whom Mrs. Norvell was very kind. Mrs. Norvell consulted with me, as to the best disposition to

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