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that arrangements may be entered into for the transfer of the colony to the commissioners for the poor of Butler County - under such rigid regulations as will secure equal justice to the colord dependants with the white,- although - should a like spirit actuate the commissioner as that evinced by the people of Butler County "towards the Freedmen and the Bureau- it will be a frail hope-indeed-to expect from them either justice, charity, or benevolence. I am with great Respect Your Obedient Servant W.A. Arthur Capt. & C.h. Vol. To Maj Gen Wager Swayne Comdg Dist
Transcription Notes:
Trancsribed everything except sign off