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I know that should the case have come before me, as Mayor, I should have given the same unbiased and impartial decision as if I had been agent. I repeat it, that giving control of freedmen to civil authorities, would tend more to allay the disquietude & dissatisfaction that prevails among the people than anything else. I sent you my account a few days since, will you please allow it for me, as part was actual expense. I would be pleased to hear from you. Very Respfly A.N. Simpson Late agent &c