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the turf. Since the war it has leaked out that "Wash" was sent South because as the confidential  body servant of his old master he knew of the existence and contents of a will which Col B. had made and as this will was never produced, he had spoken of its existence, whereupon he was seized by the next of kin and sent south and sold, coupled with the condition that he was never to return. The estate of Col B. was immense and if the present whereabouts of this man, Washington, can be learned, and his presence here obtained, it will be of immense advantage to him and other colored persons who have long been denied their rights under this will destroyed or suppressed as above stated.
The last certain intelligence I can gain of him is where he was sold to Hunter. I have written to parties in Conecuh but can receive no reply. I have learned from a colored man, who was a fellow servant of his while he belonged to Stone, that he thought he heard of Washington during the late war in Texas, but I have written to Texas and can hear nothing. Knowing that the Bureau over which you preside is designed