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s157 secure his removal: more especially at the present time when every effort is being made by the enemies of the govt. to get the civil power into their hands and enforce a most stringent system which will prove more detrimental to the interests of the freedmen than actual slavery. I am, General Very Respectfully, Yr. ob. st. Charles Smith Collector Int. Revenue 1st. Dist. La. Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard Comm of Freedmen &c &c Washington, D.C.
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Yr.ob.st. is short for Your Obedient Servant