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Greenville, Ala.
May 10th 1867

Genl. Major Swayne,
Commanding District of Alabama -

Sir:

Under Gen. Order No.3 where positive proof can be made that the mother of minor colored boy, ten years of age, gave her free, full and voluntary consent in the presence of the then acting agent of the Bureau R.L & A.L. to have her minor son apprenticed to her former owner; and where it can be shown  that he could not make