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Dan'l Mathers, near Mt. Pleasant Panola Co. and who has not yet reported, but promises to do so at one early date.  The third School is teached by a young Freedman named Joseph Petty in the South east part of De Soto Co. who has also promised to report next month.

[[left margin]]Marital Relations[[/left margin]] Marital Relations of Freedpeople are only tolerable, and there is much Room for improvement. it is however much better than former years, I am informed.

[[left margin]]Treatment of blacks by whites [[/left margin]] The disposition of the whites towards the blacks generally speaking is not just and fair, judging from the number of Complaints made to me, and I firmly believe that if it were not for the Military authorities and Freedmens Bureau, Freedmen would be treated much worse than they were when Slaves. Prejudice against

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One word to decipher - I am thinking "young" makes sense here considering how he makes his "y" in the phrase "better than former years" and the final "g" in "judging from the number of Complaints" I am also pretty confident that the word is young so I have removes the [[?]].