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Office Superintendent,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedman and Abandoned Lands,
District of Demopolis, Alabama.
Demopolis, Ala., Jan. 3 1867

Maj. Gen. Swayne
Asst Com. Bureau R.F.& A. L.
Montgomery, Ala.
General,
I have several applications for the appointment of agents in different parts of my district. The appointment of such agents would relieve this office of a great pressure, & be more convenient for both white & black.
In accordance with your directions, I propose to give some of them written appointments as agents, & certain instructions, a copy of which I enclose for your examination & correction.
The Bureau here has a large, & I think, increasing influence, and we are overrun with business of every description. I have received no instructions in regard to contracts for the coming year, please inform me if I shall again charge the 25ct tax on contracts approved at this office.