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Before me personally appeared the undersigned Robert Brewster and being duly sworn deposes as follows:

My Name is Robert Brewster I live in the City of Memphis Tenn. On the night of the 3" of May 1866 during the riot in the City of Memphis a mob came to my house broke down the door and destroyed and carried off almost everything I had. They got about $40.00 in money The articles I lost would amount to $250.00. I had to jump out of the window to save myself They fired at me several times while I was escaping

Robert his x mark Brewster

Subscribed and Sworn to before me this the 7" day of May 1866

(Signed) M. Walsh
Capt V.R.C. & P.M.F.
True Copy
F.W.H. Kendrick
Capn & A.I.G.

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