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Officer Adj. Sub. Bureau of Ref. F. and A.L.
Montgomery Ala. March 20th 1866.

Col. C. Cadle Jr.
Ass't. Adj't. Gen'l. Bureau of Ref. F. and A.L.

Sir, 
I have the honor to forward evidence that P. M. Cooke, Esq. Justice of the Peace in Lowndes County has taken illegal measures to compel Freedmen to fulfill their contracts. 
I have had many complaints, but no unquestionable proof of this before.
I am very Respectfully 
Your Obedient Servant
Geo. A Hammonds 
Ass't. Sup't. Bureau of Ref. F. and A.L.

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Edited: removed Archive stamp per Si not required to transcribe, corrections, its Geo. for George