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O -10 - R. F. & A. L. - 1865

Hd Qrs Dept of the Ohio
Inspt Genls Office
Detroit Mich Sept 25, 1865

Lathrop Bt Col US Vols
A A Inspt Genl

Reports condition of Freedmen at Madison Ind 
That instead of there being 750 there the number has never exceeded 200, that there is no suffering among them, they obtain plenty of work at fair prices and are as comfortable as most other laboring people. There is no theiving or begging among them

[[stamp]] BUREAU R.F. & A.L. WASHINGTON REC'D OCT 3 1865 [[/stamp]]

EAG

L 52 - 574 - 5D.O.
Hd Qurs Dept of the Ohio

Respy. forwarded for the information of Genl. Howard Chief Freedmans Bureau Washington

E.O.C. Ord
M Genl

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[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]