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Columbus Apl 22 67

M A Chisholm Esqr

Dr Sr

The bearer Emanuel visits your city to see the Commander of the Freedmen Bureau to whom he has been directed by the Bureau agent of his city in order to obtain his wages for the past year He has been most wrongfully treated by him, retaining the value of 9 1/4 bales cotton Some small deductions to be made for advances, refusing to have any settlement with him. his only redress is through the Bureau a suit at law besides its tardiness would not be worth any thing, when in Judgment