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Bureau RF & AL
Office ASA Commissioner
Albany Ga July 25 1866

Capt W.W. Deane A.A.G.
Bureau R F & A.L. Dist of Ga

Captain
I have the honor to ask if when a complaint is made by a freedman to this office and turned over to the civil authorities for adjudication under Cir No 4 from the A.A. Comr State of Ga dated Apr 6 1866 the officer in charge of this office is expected to be present at the trial of the same.

Believing this was not a part of my duty I did not attend the County and Mayors court and reverse as desired by the leading freedmen some of the decisions of their civil bodies but reviewed them together with the evidence and therefore I believe justice has been done in every case. For this I am publicly charged by these leading freedmen with