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can carry out fully the                                                 instructions we may get and together we can influence both whites & blacks to the extent of achieving in a great degree the vexed questiong now upon us.
Your early attention to this or action is respectfully requested by
Your obt. Sert.
F. J. Robinson
Gen. D. Tillson
Gen
It gives me pleasure to recommend to your favorable consideration Mr. Benjamin A. Gresham, mentioned above by Mr. Robinson, and give it as an opinion that he will make a very faithful and efficient agent of the Freedman's Bureau and trust you may appoint hi m.
Very respectfully,
J. D. Matthews
Willis Willingham
Members Georgia Convention

confusion to all concerned. Thinks that two agents would be sufficient, and in connection with his name suggests that if Benjamin A. Gresham who is recommended as within Agent. D. Matthews & Willis Wellingham, members of the State Convention