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Office Freedmen's Bureau
Selma July 25th 1865
Brig. Gen. Wager Swayne
Asst. Commissioner &c.
Your telegram of yesterday was duly received.

I tender you cordial greeting as the proper head of the Bureau in this State. Your coming has been long and anxiously waited for.

At the earliest opportunity I will send a report of the condition of my district, with full details.

Very Respectfully
Your obt. Servt
Sam'l. S. Gardner
Asst Supt. Freedmen

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[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]