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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
OFFICE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER,
For State of Mississippi,
Vicksburg, Miss., Sept 22d, 1865. 

Genl;
I send you this letter as Personal.- 

I wish to assure you that I will do every thing in my power to carry out the policy of the Goverment and give the present experiment a fair trial.

I will take immediate measures for meeting Governor Sharkey in order to arrange a plan. The Legislature meets so soon that he may decline action now-

I hope you will pardon me for addressing you personally on this subject

I am Genl
Very Respectfully
Saml Thomas Col & Asst Com