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I would recommend an authentative public statement frm the Asst Comr concerning this matter. at once. Or w satisfactory information will take it in hand myself- RA Seely Capt & AQM Supt E Dist Bureau of Refugees Freedmen Hd. Qrs. Asst. Commissioner Raleigh N.C. Jan 24th 1866 Respectfully returned, no authority has been given to the within named parties to apprentice orphans and all indentures of apprenticeship made by them are null. By command of Col Wittlesey Asst. Comssr. Fred H. Beecher Lt. & A.A.A.Genl- E.B.ss.104