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out of the way, it will be better that it should be detached from this district, as your plan of agencies differs from mine, and it is of course better that the state should be entirely under one plan of operations. I appoint an agent in each county and instruct him to keep his hands off adjudication if magistrates will do it - if they refuse, then the agent acts as adjudicating officer. I enclose my circular letter of instructions - As I understand your plan, if the magistrates decline to act as agents of the Bureau You have no one to represent you and the poor colored man plods on in Slavery as formerly. I select a good citizen to act as agent and the plan is working admirably in Tenn. I have united a large number of