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Haynesville Oct 10th 1867

Rev C W Buckley
Montgomery
Ala

[[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]]

Dear Sir,

I take the liberty of asking your assistance as a friend in the matter of my agency in this County for the Bureau- Since the 2d day of April/66 I have been acting as agent of the Bureau [[strikethrough]] for the Bureau [[/strikethrough]] under appointment made by order of Maj Gen Swayne - and long previous to that time I so acted & was recognised as such by the Bureau at Montgomery and all the citizens of this county both white & black- It is well known by all parties here that I was the first as well as the only civil officer in this County that pretended to distribute equal