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Bureau of R.F.A. Lands Office Sub. Asst. Com'r Columbia Tex Jany. 16 1866 I certify that I paid to Captain Cochran Provost Marshal Columbia Texas, Thirty Dollars specie, which he agreed to pay to Edward, a freed man, for services rendered me during the past season. J.T. Sargeant Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16th day of January 1866 J. B Bostwick Capt of Sub. Asst. Com'r Bureau of R. F. & A L.
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