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to the same person was advised by him to show the testimony to Genl Howard. When I submitted it to him he disclaimed holding me responsible for the act even if true. and directed the testimony to be sent to you which was accordingly done. Being at Head Quarters I applied to General Howard to restore the repudiated contract in the belief that it was disallowed by his directions. In the conversation that followed I told General Howard that I had received last year only 3 & 4 bushels of rough rice as my one third of the crop worked by 49 freedmen and their wives upon which I had paid upwards of 130 to have it thrashed and taken to market. He asked how much the whole crop of rice was. I replied that my feeble condition had kept me from the plantation and I could not tell. He then asked me how much I supposed. I replied 7000 to 8000 bushels. He then said your Agent had not done his duty. I said Captain Brandt had been sick most of the [[?]] and that he had not force as he told me. He said he had the whole force of the U.S. to hack him. I replied that from the location of my plantation near the City and accessible on those sides by water, it would take