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not been able to get any thing necessary for the transaction of business not even a file of orders for my guidance in the line of my duty as Agent, and further believing that in view of the facts stated in my Letter that I could not get office board nor loging [[lodging]] at Senatobia, and that Sardis was as central as Senatobia, I had strong hopes the orders would be modified, as requested, had I had a Tent & Camp equippage, I should even then not [[come?]] to Sardis till I could have heard from you, I had travelled nearly two weeks & was weary & tired, and needed a little [[comfort?]] [[& rest?]], and the very first night, I was run out by bed bugs, filth, and I may add by Dogs (for there were three in the Room) besides several seedy ragged Boys who slept in an adjoining Bed

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