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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
Office Assistant Commissioner,
For the State of Mississippi,
Vicksburg, Miss, August 22nd, 1868.

J. H. Chapman
Sub Asst Comr
Sub District of Vicksburg

Sir,

You will please report to this office whether the supply of labor exceeds the demand and whether there are any freedmen in your sub district who desire employment but are unable to procure work.

Very respectfully,
Alvan C Gillem
Bt Maj Gen USA Asst Comr