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Head Quarters Freedman Bureau Columbus Ga Dec 7th 1865 Major Your despach [[dispatch]] dated Dec 6 in regard to field hands is at hand. In reply I would say that is an easy matter to find any amount of them that say they will go & accept the offer, but when the time comes for them to be ready, they will not be on hand and the only way to secure them is to have a place for them to remain in until they are sent off and I have no such place to secure them. If you could send an agent here and have them secured as fast as they accepted - I think quite a number could be obtained. Very Respectfully Your Obt Servant P. Slaughter Capt & A.S.A. F.B