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Office Sub Asst Commissioner 
Bureau R. F.&A.L State of Texas.
Liberty August 31st 1866
To
Bvt Major General
J.R. Kiddoo
Ast Commissioner
For State of Texas.
Galveston, Texas.

General;
In obedience to S.O. No 98. Par.2 Hd Qrs  Bureau of R.F.& A.L. State of Texas, Galveston, August 10th 1866. I relieved,  Dr S.O. Shelby as Sub Asst Commissioner for the post at Liberty, on August 21st 1866.

I have the honor to refer you to my communications of August 23rd, 27th, & 28th,. they give a general outline of the condition of the freedmen & the planting interest of this county.

It is with great regret I find that the freedmen are disposed [without cause] to violate their contracts. I am doing all in my power to correct this fault.

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Edited. The city is Galveston. - "[[guess-word]], Texas" is probably a city name- no need to type guess-word only [[?]] is needed and a maximum of two as per si instructions please- deleted and corrected - "Afet" probably initials of a person's name... repeated several times - there is an indentation before "I have the honor to..."