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Washington, owing I think to the jealousy or envy of some of the infamous Alabama officials, and intrigues of unscrupulous office seekers. Several of the Freedmen on my place are now being paid off, but having no agent here, they are subjected to the expense of going to a distant office meeting with delay and disappointment and in some instances cheated out of their money. Please have him recognized. He is a loyal good man, a resident of this place, though a native of Connecticut. The accompanying copy of a