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DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, U.S. MILITARY TELEGRAPH OFFICE, 186 By Telegraph from Natchez MS To S Eldridge As near as I can approximate there are contacted with sixteen thousand nine hundred & ninety three (16993) freedmen [[GRR Freynolt?]] 18 [[Mile?]]
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is it 169931 or 16993?