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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, Dec 9 1865.

Brig Gen Davis Tillson
Freedmen's Bureau
Savannah, Ga

The following dispatch has just been received

War Dept. Washington 
Dec 8th 1865

Brig Gen Davis Tillson
Telegraph dispatch just recd. All right about Bradley - Tribune accuses you of saying negroes can never expect equality and may be worse off free than as slaves - I do not believe you said it. Answer by letter.

(sd) O.O. Howard
Maj Genl

W W. Deane
Capt & AAG