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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands,
HEADQUARTERS ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Raleigh, N. C., April 23d, 1867.

Maj. Genl O. O. Howard
Commissioner
Washington D. C.

General
I have the honor to forward enclosed application of M. W. Ransom for the restoration of certain laborers with whom he has contracted. and respectfully request your instructions. Several cases of this nature have occurred in this State, and have been adjusted by a decided expression of the [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]]  determination of the Bureau to enforce the sacredness of Contracts on the part of employers and employees alike. Although the Civil law makes provisions for redress in