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[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, OFFICE AGENT FOR SPALDING COUNTY, Griffin, Ga., July 18, 1866 Capt. E.M.L. Ehlers A.S.A. Commissioner Bureau R.F. & A.L. Capt I send you herewith two inclosures - one a copy of a communication by myself to the Mayor of Griffin, and the second, his reply. In making my communication I imagined that I was following the instructions of my Superiors, and receiving the reply I did - "dictating" and advising me of my duty, powers and position, I feel that an attempt is being made to make me the Servant of two Masters, which the Bible says cannot be done - besides, after a four years' struggle for the right of choosing, I prefer to choose who shall dictate to me. The collision refered to in my