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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