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NARA 505 1 Brooksville. Miss. July 18. 1867 Mr "W.H. Ross Ag't B.R.F & A.L." Macon, Miss Sir Your favor of the 15th inst is received, in which you state that "Andy Roby" has alleged that I have his child, (a little girl) in charge, and that his application for the "Custody of his child" has been refused; and that I will call at your office this week and "show cause for detention of said child". The facts in the case are these, 1st The child referred to is not "Andys" - unless a jet black woman as her mother was, and a jet black man as "Andy" is, could produce between them a half white, or bright mulatto child. Andy was the slave of my wife (formerly Mrs Roby) [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] as also was the mother of this child whom Andy had taken as wife. The mother of the child died during the war, leaving the child an orphan.
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