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testimony admitted and after a full argument the ruling was not guilty.

There is no disposition on the part of the Civil Authority to persecute the Freedmen they are allowed the same privileges their Whites are.

I am Sir
Very Respectfully 
Your obt Servt
E.H. Ripley 
Asst Sub Asst Comr

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-05-15 13:45:22 to change "suspicion" (which makes no sense) to "disposition"