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  Goldsboro, N. C. Jany 10^th 1866,
   
Hon. H. Wilson,
U. S. S.
      
Dear Sir,
         
I want to tell you of a case that I have just examined into here in the Freedman's Bureau Office. It is only one among the multitude of cases, & the office here is overrun with all sorts of applications. Capt. Glavis, the Head of the Bureau here, requested me to take this case off his hands, & examine into it. He is without any sufficient Military force to do any thing for the adjoining counties. Hence, Sampson Co. is without protection. 
  
An old man has just come in, W^m R. Cook, agitated & excited. His life, he says, is in danger, & if he can't be protected, he can't live. He came 45 miles to see if something can't be done. He is a union man & a white. He showed me his protection, given by Col. Granger, April 5, 1865, & signed by Provost Marshal Walrath. A fortnight