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When the United States owns good lands I will by the help of God, go with them, and settle them to the best of my ability, for their interest as it has pleased almity God to set them free. I would not enslave those I owned if I could again, for [[strikethrough]] it is [[strikethrough]] in my judgement the best thing for our children after they, or we, can recover from the shock.
I will now close praying God to bless us.
Your humble servant, 
Parke Jones