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As witness my hand, at said city, this 26th day of October,
in the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-Five.

CHARLES P. MEREDITH, J. P.

The following letter has been received relative to J. since
he was placed in the county:

W. F., H. Co., MD., June 18, 1866.
MR. W. C. PALMER, Agent—
Dear Sir:

Your letter of May 11 came duly to hand; and in reply,
am happy to say that J. M. is well and enjoys good health,
and appears to be perfectly happy and contented with his
home. He has attended school one quarter, and his progress
has been as good as I could expect. He can read, and spells
very correctly. He has also attended Sabbath school regular-
ly for several months, and church every other Sabbath. I
would send him to church every Sabbath, but there is none
near us only every other Sabbath. I assure you that I think
a great deal of J. I think that.he will make some day a
useful man. I have always found him very truthful and cor-
rect. Please excuse me for not replying before this, as I have
been very ranch engaged, but in the future will try and be
more prompt in replying to your letters.

Very respectfully, yours, G. W. L.

Also committed, under the same form as above, by Stephen
Whalen, J. P., October 3,1865, G. W. H., aged ten years—
"being without a home; his mother being dead; and his
father a dissipated man, has neglected him!"

Our agent has, upon several occasions, visited the boy
above alluded to. His home is with a wealthy and highly
respectable family in the country. There are no other- chil-
dren in the family. He has every advantage—temporal, in-
tellectual, and spiritual; He loves his home dearly.