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Gloucester County Va August 20th 1868

To Major Gen. O. Howard,
President of Freedmens bureau Washington D. C.
General I have the honor to call your attention to a case of mine and in so doing I would respectfully state that on or about the eleventh (11th) of May 1868 I was arrested by the Sheriff of Gloucester county Va on a charge of assault upon John Tabb (white) of the within named county to which all of my witnesses did then and there swore that I was not giltuy. the question never was put to me, nor my brother whither we were giltuy or not (we were togeather in the same charge) we were held to answer charges on the 3rd of June 1868. under $50 dollars each. at the above named time we were (two in number) put into prison and there compelled to stay untel the 3rd

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