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we ever again see him enslaved although I fear that like the Aborigine is of the country he is destined in a few years to pass away.

If it were not for the Test Oath, which I cannot take I would gladly accept the appointment referred to by Surgeon Lawton in his letter to me, and would dispense with the best advice that a thirty years experience in medicine could supply - the bounty of Government

Excuse this long letter. I have endeavored to be as little troublesome to the Bureau as possible, and shall not again voluntarily trespass upon your time. Anything I can do to

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