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Bt Brig Genl. J.C. Beecher (signed) Robert Crighton 1st Lt 35th U.S.C.T. A.A.A. General A True Copy (signed) E.W. Everson 1st Lt V.R.C. Hd Qrs 2nd Sub District Mil Dist of Charleston Summerville S.C. March 10th 1866 Captain Edw. S Daniels Com'dg James Island Capt. On receipt of this you will please send suitable guard and remove from plantations of Wm. B. Seabrook all colored persons who refuse a contract. You will decline to recognize any land titles which may be located on the place & remove the holders of the same