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took it right up there and Mr. Houston [[??]] and gave me a receipt for [[??]] it Bureau Cotton Agency Hilton Head. I thought by that [[??]] concern was [[??]] by the Bureau and that Mr. Horton was a man employee by Major [[??]] an I thought the Major could not attend to so much. [[??]] at a time the first I took [[??]] Mr. [[??]] and [[??]] [[??]]. [[??]] I came down after that I was directly to the Cotton House and I [[??]] found Mr. Horton there once he was absent and Mr. [[??]] the cleark for the "Bureau Cotton Agency [[??]] Master" [[??]] the cotton for me and gave me a [[??]] [[??]] receipt which I took up to Mr. [[??]]'s office and Mr. [[??]] another [[??]] days of May. [[??]] [[??]] on the other side of a receipt for the cotton and signed it for Mr. [[??]]. I took cotton down [[??]] six times and took in all [[??]] Hundred & fourtyone [[??]], and according to Mr. [[??]] own statement I ought to have at least one Bale [[??]]. [[??]] [[??]] [[??]] [[??]] [[??]] [[??]] which I have a certificate from [[??]]