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Office of Asst. Commissioner
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.
Montgomery, Ala.
August 19th 1865

Chas. A. Miller
Maj & A.A.A.Gen.

Major:
In complyance with instructions from these [[?abbreviation]]. I have this day inspected the home colony at [[?plantation name Publius?] Plantation (7) Seven miles from the City.

I found J. M. Skelton Capt 58th Ill. Vol. Inf'y in charge, assisted by (13) Thirteen noncommissioned officers and soldiers, all of whom were quartered at least one half mile from the main colony. I found in said colony (1800) eighteen hundred destitute colored persons.

The colony is in a good location

Transcription Notes:
confirmed a Captain J. N. Skelton in 58th Ill. roster