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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office Disbursing Officer,
for the State of Mississippi,
Vicksburg, Miss., Feb 24th 1868.

Lieut Merrit Barber
34th Regt U.S. Insp A.A.A.G.
Bu RF and AL  State of Miss

Lieut,
   In reply to your communication of the 22nd inst asking what opportunities I have had for knowing Lieut H.P. Williams Asst Inspector General, and requesting me to report as to his character for sobriety general conduct &c. I have the honor to state, that I have known Lieut Williams, nearly two years, during that time I have been on duty with him about six months and never have seen him under the influence of liquor, his conduct during that time has been that of a gentleman, apparently ever