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Office Sub=Asst Commissioner
Bureau of R F and A.L. 
1st Sub=Dist. of So Ca
Laurensville So Ca
August 25th 1868

Bvt Maj H Neide
A.A.A. Genl.
Bureau of R F and A.L
Columbia So. Ca. 

Sir:-
The numerous complaints that are constantly being made to me by freedman and others render it necessary, to ask of you definite instructions in regard to my duty as Sub=Asst. Commissioner of this district. Also I would respectfully ask information in regard to my reports, how many I am to make, and to whom. As I have not been furnished with books, to direct me in the discharge of my duty, you will see the importance of my request. The numerous small loans, made by the Agent of this place, to freedmen will cause a great amount of travelling to collect them, as many of them live in remote parts of the District, hence I would like to receive my instructions as soon as practicable as it will enable me the better to divide my time 

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