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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?]]

Transcription Notes:
is it 169931 or 16993?