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Office Asst Supt.
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen & Ab'n'd Lands
Post Talladega Ala. Talladega Dec 6th 1865.

Brig. Gen'l. Swayne;
Assist. Com. of this Bureau;

General;
Have I authority in any peculiar case, civil or criminal, to hold a trial between freedmen & other parties, hear evidence, award damages to either party or levy fines for the benefit of this Bureau?

Maj. Gen. Chetlaim Commanding dist. of Talladega desires me to request you to appoint an agt. of the Bureau at Tuscaloosa for the six counties embraced in that sub-district. Tuscaloosa is the headquarters of that sub-district which embraces six counties.

Very respectfully, General,
Your ob't servt.
T. Humphrey
Assist Supt.