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Crawford A/Office
Dec'r. 21st 1865

Oliver Shelton.

States that he has rented out his plantation, and the parties wants the Houses that his former slaves now occupies and that they will not hire them on any account for the Freedmen are behaving very badly. &c

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

Ans'd 25/12/65

the old infirm & helpless [[strikethrough]] may be [[/strikethrough]] must be retained see circular No 5 herein the others may be compelled to leave

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Rec'd 21/12/65 O A A Com Dec 21/65

Transcription Notes:
. NOTE: I don't believe the mark below "Ansd 25/12/25" was intended to be a strikethrough, but a delineating line, similar to the one above it.