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a reasonable time, & if they are not given I shall at once request the revocation of your appointment, conferred by the order referred to, and if there be no other magistrates in your place to try these cases, who are willing to receive negro testimony, & shall ask to have martial law substituted in the district.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your Ob't Sev't
C.W. Buckley
Asst Supt. Freedmen