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[[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]]

Auburn Ala May 22nd 1868

I take pleasure in certifying that the Rev Moses Pruitt of Salem Ala who was employed by the Rev Mr Buckley, at my inistance, as a teacher of a Freedman School in Salem is a most exemplary christian gentleman, earnest in his desire to improve the condition of the colored people, and a man whose statements are worthy of implicit confidence
Edward H. Hamill
Minister of the Gospel and late U.S. Direct Tax Commissioner for Ala.

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