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was too week kneed to grant a new trial for which I care very little, so you se Coln what chance a freedman or Union man has for justice in these parts, but we think it will not always be so. The freedmen are working very well, & there is not a great number of Complaints, as they are trying to get them to vote for their Rebel Candidates.

I am Very Respectfully your Obt Svt.
R. Blair
Agt. B. R. F. & AL