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Hd 3rd. Post of Montevallo Montevallo Ala. Jany. 24, 1866 Bng. Gen. W. A. Swayne Gen. In compliance with a request made by Mr. Buckley of the Freedman's Bureau, I have the honor to report that I have issued rations during this month to Fifty Six, 56, Adults Freedman One Hundred and Ten, 110, Children Freedman Seventy Four, 74, Adults Destitute Whites Two Hundred and Eighty, 280, Children Destitute Whites in the Counties of Shelby, Bibb and Jefferson which I command [STAMP] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [STAMP] I was placed her in command Sept. 10th 1865 Since which time I have done everything in my power for the interests of the Freedman I could have done no more. had I been a regular Agent of the Bureau- which I think Mr Buckley will Substantiate I issued rations from the commissary from the time that I arrived here until I