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Evergreen Ala
3rd August 1866

Maj Genl Wager Swayne
Commanding &c:

Dear Sir -
I take the liberty on my own responsibility of laying before you the following statement, in connection with the agency of your "Bureau" at this place under the management of your efficient & faithful subordinate Mr Y M Robb.

This county prior to the war was rather a poor one, tho' it contained several thousand slaves, its geographical situation made it a recipient of vast numbers of freedmen from the upper &