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NARA 520

have no relations in a condition to take care of them. We are to teach them to read [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] and write, and to treat them as ordinary children. However, if it is your desire to place them in better hands, we can do very well without them. The little boy Willie about seven or eight years of age I would like to retain, if I can do so He is [[?]] his [[?]], and I will obligate myself to treat him kindly and to teach him to read and write, respt.,

S D Chamberlain

D.S. c - 27/67
 
Recd F.B.S D M Aug 30th 1867

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