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NARA 195

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Major Wikoff
Jackson, Miss

We the undersigned board of arbitrators in case of Ben Jones vs. F. T. Cooper would hereby state that we based our decision in pursuance of Gen Orders from Gen Gillems Hd Qrs on Mess Stewart & Mitchell, merchants for said partner parties, act with said Cooper & Freedmen being almost double the amt of cotton raised by them.

We also considered F. T. Coopers private act against said freedmen, which said act is in our judgment justly due F. T. Cooper. 

W. A. Montgomery
Wm. H. Gibbes
R. B. Robb

Jan 17th 1868.