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Where the govt has control of land, [[?]] &c. Will transportation be granted;
Will the Bureau regard the Negroes as holding their church edifice in their own Control, and will the govt. prevent the interference of the whites, such as Trusted or they claiming to hold the property or have control of it;
Will the churches be regarded and treated as free to direct their own affairs.
I regret be under the necessity of adding to the labor already on your hands but an early reply to this required, or any part of them, and any other facts will be of great service to me in my work.
I am
Col Yrs very truly
J. W. Parker