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Haynesville
Lowndes County
May 14 1868

J. Q. Smith Esqr
Montgomery
Ala,

Dear Sir-
On the 2nd day of April 1866 I was appointed by order of Maj Gen Swayne agent of the "Freedmen Bureau" for this County. I filled the [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] place as such agent with entire satisfaction to Gen Swayne as his messages to me, so convinced me.
I have endeavored all the time to distribute equal to both parties and believe that I gave entire satisfaction to both white and colored.
The agency, was troublesome to me, taking up for the first 12 months my whole time

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