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H'd. Qrs Det 34th Regt N.J. Vols Columbiana Ala Nov 4th. 1865 Mr C. W. Buckley Sir I received your communication of the 28th Oct 1865 asking me to act as Agent of the Freedmens Bureau. I will with pleasure except [[accept]] the appointment as things are getting quite loose about here, many of the negroes are being turned away from the plantations where they have been laboring during the last summer. I have noticed this during the time I have been here but did not feel sufficiently authorised [[authorized]] to take part in the matter. Please inform me to whom I am to report procedings [[proceedings]], yourself or Capt Reed Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant J. W. Cogswell Capt Com'dg Det 34 N.J. Vols
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