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July 29th Mr Wm Steward Bridgeton New Jersey Dr. Sir Yours of 21st May is read - nothing more has been done regarding establishing a branch of the Freedmens Bank here [[except?]] to talk it over with leading [[?]] people & friends among the whites. I have no hesitation in saying it can be made to pay here better than at [[Macon?]] or Savannah. Little more can be done not other than to try the experiment by organising the [[board?]] and establishing