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1 Victoria Texas Apr 8th 71 Gen O.O. Howard [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] Dear Sir This line is to inform you that sertain [[certain]] parties at Victoria has been acting very badly by writing to you and missrepresenting Things about the Schoolhous [[schoolhouse]] built by the Bureau and the Freedmen and also Slandering the M E Church Myself Rev I. Webster and Mr Belt the Teachers elected by the Trustees of said house or at Least the Bureau agent has sent me a coppy [[copy]] of those letters that was sent to him to be sent to you by a sertan [[certain]] Man Neely that represents himself as being an Ex agent at Victoria all I have to say about those things and troubles that he makes out is a tishue of lies of his own make