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Mayor's Office Norfolk Va. Aug. 18th 1868 Major J. H. Remington Dear Sir I sent John Jones to Gates Co. N.C. his native place but the Authorities refused to receive him as he was taken away from there six years ago by the United States forces and any citizen absenting himself from the State one year loses his citizenship Neither is he a citizen of this State as no lunatic can [[strikethrough]] d [[/strikethrough]] become one and [[strikethrough]] not [[/strikethrough]] none but citizens are admitted into the Staunton or Williamsburg Asylum Very Respectfull Your Obt Svt F. DeCordy Mayor