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Eufaula, Ala. Aug 8th 1867.

Judge W. H. Smith. 
Montgomery, Ala. 

Dear Friend-

I desire your opinion on the following question of law: Has a man the right to hire out his wife? and is she bound to comply with a contract made by her husband without her knowledge or consent, or even by her knowledge and consent?
 
Please give me your opinion as early as practicable, and thus oblige

Your friend,
[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]
W.E. Connelly.

P.S. On the 6th Inst. I sent the "Sentinel" a brief report of a speech made in this City by a Colored Man named Speed-

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