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State of Illinois
Cook County SS:
Benjamin H Skinner of said County being duly sworn saith that he is the Proprietor of the mert^r^opolitan Hotel in the City of Chicago, and that one Silas L. Greenman was for about two years Porter in said Hotel & that during said time the said Greenman was remarkably attentive to his business & had the full confidence & respect of his employer as a young man of excellent habits & character.
And this Deponent further saith that the young man Freeman enjoyed an excellent reputation among his friends and acquaintances for honesty & integrity and was never as this Deponent believes charged with any criminal offence but on the contrary thereof seemed to be free from any bad habits -- or associations --
B. H. Skinner
Sworn before me this d Day of May 1864
O. R. W. Lull
Notary Public
1864
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