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January 26th  6

General,

I have the honor to enclose sworn statement of Robert C. Mayfield, citizen of Davidson County Tenn. setting forth the facts connected with the recent burning of his house in this county and respectfully request that redress be afforded him by assessment of the damages sustained upon the residents of the neighborhood in the same manner as in the case of similar destruction of school houses for the freedmen. The concurrent testimony of the parties named in the endorsement of Chaplin Lawrence Supt for Davidson County corroborates Mr Mayfields statement of the animus of the residents of that vicinity-