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Carthage Smith County Tenn.
Feby 1st 1866

Maj. Genl. Fisk
Nashville Tenn.

Sir – Having received your manual of Hints and Instructions a few days ago. Section 1st
I received my appointment of Superintendent on the 3rd day of Nov. 1865, which appointment, I accepted. My Office is in Carthage no clerk appointed, but always present myself.
I have not advertised in the papers, nor visited the outskirts of the County nor addressed the People Publicly. Yet I have give notice of my appointment and my Reports will show my action

I am very respectfully
Your Obt Servant
James M. Shoemake
Agt. for Smith