These will certify that the bearer, DEA. JAMES MARS, has been known
to me and to the citizens of this town for a long period of years, as
an honest, upright, truthful man,――a good citizen, an officer in his
church, and a man whose life and character have gained the approbation,
the esteem, and the good wishes of all who know him. Born a slave, the
good providence of God has long since made him free, and, I trust, also
taught him that “where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”