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51 Head Quarters, Dept. of Ky. Louisville, Ky. Feb. 8th 1866 Respectfully returned to Mr. Y. Lee Abbe, through Head Quarters, 1st Division, Dept. of Ky. Instructions from the Freedmen's Bureau to its agents cover this case and it will be disposed of accordingly. By Command of Major Gen. Palmer (Signed) E.B. Harlan A.A.G. Head Quarters 1st Div. Dept. Ky. Louisville, Feb. 9 1866 Respectfully returned and attention called to endorsement from Dept. Hd. Qrs. By Order of Bvt. Maj. Gen. Davis (Signed) Jas. S. Guir Capt. A.A.A. Genl. Bureau R.F. & A.L. Asst. Com. Office Nashville, February 13, 1866 Respectfully returned with the information that the Bureau has no instructions to adjudicate differences between white persons, nor to punish white citizens for violation of military orders in cases which do not affect the rights of Freedman. It will see that the Freedman in Kentucky are paid wages from the date of their emancipation, but the duty of defending white citizens against the injustice of returned rebels, revolves upon the civil Courts, or if they fail, upon Gen. Palmer By Order of Bvt. Maj. Gen. Fisk Asst. Comm. Ky. & Tenn. J. E. Jacobs Bvt. Lt. Col. & A.A.G. 52 [[left margin]] Lawrence, John Chap. Supt. &c. Davidson Co. Nash. Tenn. [[/left margin]] Endorsement on application of Geo. W. Fitch, dated Nash. Tenn. Feb. 13, 1866, for the burial of a colored man. L.R. F.15 A.C. Ky. & Tenn. 1866 Bureau, R.F & A.L. Asst. Com. Office Nashville Feb. 13, 1866 Respectfully referred to Chaplain John Lawrence, Supt. R.F & A.L. Davidson Co. who will lay this case before the proper authorities for their disposition. By Order of Bvt. Maj. Gen. Fisk Asst. Com. Ky. & Tenn. J. E. Jacobs Bvt. Lt. Col. & A.A.G. [[left margin]] Waddell, B.B. Supt. &c Memphis Tenn. [[/left margin]] Endorsement on letter of B.B. Waddell, dated Memphis, Tenn. Jany. 17, 1866, in relation to the claim of a Mr. Cooper to a lot situated two miles from Hays Sub-Division. L. R. W. 10. A.C. Ky. & Tenn. 1866, Bureau R.F. & A.L. Asst. Comr. Office, Nashville, Feb 18, 1866 Respectfully returned with information that the order herein referred to, restores only so far as our jurisdiction extends By Order of Bvt. Maj. Gen. Fisk Asst. Com. Ky. & Tenn. J. E. Jacobs Bvt. Lt. Col. & A.A.G. [[left margin]] Fidler, Jas. M. Supt. &c. Lebanon Ky. [[/left margin]] Endorsement on application of Jas. M. Fidler, Supt. &c. dated Lebanon, Ky. Feb. 9,1866, for blanks. L R. F.14. A.C. Ky. & Tenn. 1866 Bureau R.F. & A.L. Asst. Com. Office, Nashville, Feb. 13, 1866 Respectfully returned. Blank forms enclosed, and as to printing, attention invited to Circular. Nos 1 and 2 enclosed. By Order of Bvt. Maj. Gen. Fisk Asst. Com. Ky. & Tenn. J. E. Jacobs Bvt. Lt. Col. & A.A.G.