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Roseland, AUg. 27 /65

My Dear SIr,
   I do not know whether I furnished you a copy of the order of Elizabeth City County Court made at its final meeting in July, and lest I may not have done so, I do it now, supposing that the proceedings will be matter of interest in your Department.
   At the last court held a few days since, the Commissioner reported, whereupon the Court unanimously concluded that it was best to forbear jurisdiction in any case where a negro is concerned, and to cast the whole jurisdiction in such cases upon