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Office Asst. Commissioner
Montgomery, Ala. Jan. 16th 1866

Brv't Maj. Genl W. Swayne
Asst. Commissioner
State of Alabama

General:

I have the honor to submit the following report of my recent tour to Talladega Ala. in which I shall endeavor to lay before you not only the condition of affairs in Talladega but also in the adjacent counties of Bibb, Shelby, Jefferson and Calhoun.

On 9th inst. I received Special Order No 7, directing me to proceed to Talladega Ala. to ascertain the condition of the Freedmen of that section, and to find out the amount of destitution among the whites, and organize, if possible, some systematic way of relieving it. With this object distinctly in view, I started on the evening of 10th inst for Selma, and on the morning of 12th inst. I took the cars for Talladega. On the cars I met with citizens from different parts of the district I was sent