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Hottsburg April 9th 1866 - This is to certify that Ashley Evans, Billy Evans, and London Holt are persons of good character - are now working Land Sufficient to produce more Than their families will need another year in case the season proves favorable Their corn is now planted cotton ground in readiness for the planting season. Should They hold out as they began, & no doubt they will, their efforts will be rewarded with success, such as to entille them to any reasonable credit - A. Ellis -