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-Extract-
April 16th 1867

Judge Diehl has no authority to give corn to any white person but widows an orphans of Soldiers or disabled Soldiers as he knows that to be the instructions of the Court I can not see why he is acting as he is. he will be held to a strict account for his doings

[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

(Signed) A. E. Tarver

I certify on honor that the above extract is correct & that it was copied by me from a letter of Judge A. E. Tarver of Inferior Court of Jefferson Co. to Mr. J. W. Caswell Agent of Bureau Station No 11 C.R.R.
Edwin Belcher Agt.

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