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Bureau R F and A L Hd Qs 5" Sub Dist Va. Fort Monroe June 24" 67 Respectfully returned with the following statement of Carter Hays (cold) who signed the within petition. “We told him (Mr Lauson) to write that Mr Smith was not the mean for us and we would like for you to give us such a man as would suit as. I believe I told him nothing more. I signed all the names. I never heard the petition read. I dint know what is in it more than I told him to write. So far as” I have seen him (Smith) in business he treated me with politeness but when I passed by he took no notice of me." Two others whose names are on this petition had nothing more to say than Mr. Hays, [[touching?]] the within charges. S C Armstrong Agt. 5" Sub Dist Va I.B. 109 V. 3. [[stamp]] STATE OF VIRGINIA. BUREAU R.F. & A.L. RECD. HD. QRS. ASST. COMMISSIONER. JUN 26 1867 [[/stamp]]
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