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I next visited the Adjt. Gen's office at Macon, and was informed by his clerk that the said papers were actually deposited in the "mail box," as before stated by the courier who placed them there. He identified the packages by their being sealed in two official envelopes, and tied around with red tape; one of the envelopes was wider than the other, and was perforated near one edge, so that the tape passed through it. The clerk stated that the "mail box" in the office was usually emptied by the mail agents just before starting on the rail road. But who took from it the papers in question, he was unable to tell. I inquired of the two mail agents on the Macon and Atlanta rail road who both expressed their entire want of knowledge as to anything whatever concerning the said papers. One of these agents informed me that at the date of the sending of the said documents, he was sick, and another person was acting in his place.  This substitute I was unable to see.  

Respectfully submitted, 
John B. Bezza
Private Co. C 1st Batt. 19th U.S. Inf.
Hd. Qrs. Detachment 19th U.S. Inf.
Augusta, Ga. Dec 3rd, 1865.

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