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[[stamp]] The National Archived of the United States[[/stamp]]

B48
Statement of Albert Brooks

Albert Brooks a colored man, who paid ($1100) eleven hundred dollars for his freedom, has kept a livery and Hack stable in Richmond more than ten years. at the commencement of the war he and his partner James Turner, owned 10 Hacks and 22 horses, and were worth more than $10,000 during the war all their horses were taken by the rebels but one, and their hacks destroyed but three. They have since increased their hacks to five, and  their horses to ten, with which they are now carrying on their former businesses. On  the arrival of the federal army both applied to the military authorities for permission to carry on their business, took the oath of allegiance paid $12.50 each for a license to run five Hacks

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There should be a line skipped where the stamp is. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-04-24 10:41:22 to move stamp out of the way, and to change the man's name from Booker to Brooks