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HEADQUARTERS, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI, Natchez, Miss. July 31st 1865 Colonel Sam Thomas Asst Commissioner &c Colonel Your letter of the 27th inst. asking for copies of reports sent through my office to Maj Genl Howard on the subject of Freedmen's affairs is before me. The only report on this subject forwarded to Genl Howard is the one made to me by Colonel Haynes 1st Tex Cavalry a copy of which is herewith.