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who states the feeling of all, I apprehend when he declares that he wants nothing to do with the Bureau unless he is compelled to recognize it.
I addressed a communication to your office a day or two ago, respecting the means of revenue at this post. Mr. Nott, the agent of the collector of Customs at Mobile, is expecting large rents from the Freedmen who occupy lots and tenements formerly belonging to the Confederate government, discouraging the industrious, and inflicting great hardship upon all. I hope something can be done to check the extortion practiced upon those who are trying to live honestly by their labor, by having it in my power to give chances to build or rent, at a reasonable price. It takes almost all a man can earn to pay the monthly rent of a single room or little hut.  Their seeking the city, moreover, is not altogether from foolish or vicious motives, but to have the safety and justice which is is impossible for us to extend to them in the country.
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