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Chambers Co. Ala. April 1st 1867
Mag. General Swayne,
We a portion of the Freedmen residing in Chambers Co. Ala. in the vicinity of West Point Ga.
Fearing that you was receiving a quantity of provisions for the destitute People of Ala., and believing the colored People cannot have justice done them in the usual way of distributing rations - We therefore pray you General, to appoint a special agent for the colored destitute in this vicinity, to receive their rations, and distribute them &c. 
We therefore pray you General to appoint Dr John Watson agent for the colored destitute of this vicinity who, we think will do us Justice.

|2 columned table|
|---|---|
| Stephen Moseley | John Watson |
| Adam Holston | Mary A Moseley |
| John W. Cox | Susan Moseley |
| Jonas Brown | Delia Williams |
| Nelson Todd | John Wright |
| John M. Hill | Richard Cone |
| Samuel Holston | Jenny Wright |
| Joseph Todd | Richard Potts |
| Ben Roberts | Jesse Phillips  
| Frank Thomas | Ben Moseley |
| Richard Holston |   |
| Mariah Grimmett |   |
| Joshua Grimmett |   |
| Hannah Fears |   |
| Aaron Fears |   |