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time acquire any property whatever in slaves or make use of slave labor 
And that he first pay all costs which may have accrued in any proceeding hitherto instituted against his person or property.
And upon the further Condition that the said John G Spotts, shall notify the Secretary of State, in writing, that he has received and accepted the foregoing pardon.
   On testimony whereof, I have here unto signed my name and caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed.
{Seal} Done at the City of Washington this fifth day of July A.D. 1865 and of the Independence of the United States the Ninetieth
Andrew Johnson
By the President

State of Virginia
City of Richmond to WIt- I J.G. Blackwell a Notary Public in and for the city aforesaid in said State do certify that John G. Spotts of the city aforesaid personally appeared before me in my city aforesaid and made oath that the foregoing writing is a true copy of an original paper