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Whomever you do appoint should go there soon so that the affairs of the Bureau may be put in working condition, and that the abuses that have crept in may be corrected before more damage can be done to the cause. 

You must please excuse the haste [[strikethrough]] with [[/strikethrough]] in which I write, and I will commence at the point where I left off in my last written report and give you a succinct account of what I have done and where I have been. Before doing so, though I wish to write a word or [[strikethrough]] too [[/strikethrough]] two concerning Circular No. 13. which has not yet been issued. 

In paragraph II is stated "All lands or other property within the several insurrectionary states, viz. Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee,