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Clarke Co Ala Feby 28th 1867

Maj. O.D. Kinsmon 

Dear Sir

I am requested by a number of Freedmen & White persons to ask you if there is any law, military, or civil compelling freed persons to marry who have been living together as Husband and Wife for years?

I also want to inquire if N.B. Markle is still employed by the Bureau? he owes me $80 00 and I am very needy at present. I wrote you some time ago in answer to certain questions propounded by you and once since but have heard nothing from you. I hope my years work as "Bureau agent" will not be forgotten. 

I am sir
Very Respectfully
Your Obd't Serv't
M.C. Osborn

Transcription Notes:
propounded = put forward an idea for consideration by others