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paupers without discrimination as to color and hopes to be able to provide for all legal paupers. as contemplated by the laws upon that subject. whenever the subject is fully turned over to them.
_ There have always been colored paupers, under their care, and some are now under their care and are well provided for.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing are correct copies of certain questions. submitted by me to the President Board of Overseers of the Poor of Petersburg Va. and the Answers thereunto annexed are true copies of the originals furnished to me by said President and which are now on file in this Office. 

Jno W. Jordan
Capt V.R.C. & Bvt Maj U.S.A.
Asst Supt B.R.F. & A.L.
City of Petersburg

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-02-24 09:30:47 Corrected signature block to say "Jno", not "Geo" Jordan; and Bvt Maj "U.S.A. not "4th Dist"