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To Whom it May Concern

By virtue of my office under the military command of the sub-District of Demopolis I hereby forbid that any person shall hire employ, quarter or in any way provide for or support Isaiah Drake and Mary his wife Freedmen.  they being under written contract with H.B. Howard for the current year 1867.

Should the above order be disregarded a court marshal shall be instituted at Demopolis to inquire the cause there of.

The above named Freedman and wife having abandoned the service of said H B Howard without cause and have been commanded by this Bureau to return to said service as the contract demands.

By order of the Bureau

S G Spann
Agent of Bureau

April 30th, 1867