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that if they meet with your approval, and you suggest them to Gov. Patton, he will recommend to the Legislature [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] the passage of suitable Laws to carry them out. Hoping that you will succeed in your efforts to render the Freedmen happy, industrious and useful, I am Very Respectfully R. H. Dawson, Maj. Gen Swayne.