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Hd Quarters Post Artesia
Artesia Miss Oct 26th 1865

Lieut Col Donaldson
Act Asst Comr Freed Dept
Jackson Miss

Col, I have the honor to make returns of Contracts with Freedmen for present month. This being a place of no importance, no records of assessments no anything whereby an estimate could be made as to the number of pupils. I could no more than guess at that  I should judge that this would be a good point for a school as the Govt is in possession of a suitable building for the purpose  Have had no receipts and no expenditures and have issued no Ration either to Refugees or Freedmen

I have the honor to be
Your most obt svt
[[signature]] J M Foster [[/signature]]
Capt Comdg Post
& Sub Comr Freed Dept