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0030 [[left margin]] return [[/left margin]] 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