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against him than any officer of the like kind that I ever have met with - In one case of complaint I went to him myself and found it wholly without foundation, and I have heard other gentlemen say the same has happened with them - in short no man on earth could give satisfaction to a part of that particular population with whom he had to deal - I refer particularly to lazy white women who ought to be at work & wont do it, & who expect the government to furnish them not only with the necessaries but the luxuries of life and deliver it to them at home.

An other consideration is that it will be damaging to the cause of reconstruction to remove a man like Mr. Griffin, who has always been a union man, and put in one like Mr. Folman, who at one time at least, was very strong for secession.

As a personal friend of yours, I hope before Mr. Griffin is removed