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Office Assistant Commissioner 
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen 
and Abandoned Lands 
Montgomery, Ala
July 27, 1865

C.W. Clark
Lt & Prvt Marshall
&c &c

Sir:

Your note of the 14th inst relating to "cruelties practiced upon Freedmen by their former masters" &c outside the immediate limits of your district is recd

As some time must necessarily elapse before the authority of this Bureau can operate regularly in every function of the State, and in account of your proximity to the Counties of Sumpter & Choctaw, you are very respectfully requested to take such action in the premises to present the above abuses as circumstances may require. You will bear in mind the "Subordination of officers of this Bureau to commanding officers in all matters purely military" &c. Your action, thus regulated, is solicited & will be sustained.

Very respectfully,
Your obt servt

Brig. Gen