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0688
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Stateburg, S.C. Oct. 1st 1866

Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard
Chief Freedman's Bureau Depart.
Sir:
In behalf of the Freedmen of this immediate neighborhood I would respectfully bring to your notice the following facts, in the hope that something may be done for their relief in the premises.  There are a large number of them upon the plantations and elsewhere about us, for the most part quiet and well-disposed; but they have failed during the past Summer to realize the urgent necessity for industry which alone could compensate, at least in some degree, for the unfavorable seasons by