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of contract, driving them from the plantation without means of providing a single meal, thereby making the Gov't assume the burden of their sustenance or they must perish by thousands, [[strikethrough]] States [[strikethrough]] that there are many needy and starving freed people in the county now, who have been driven from their homes, [[strikethrough]] States [[strikethrough]] that the people seem determined to swindle the Freedmen out of their hard earned mite. Asks in case an employer refuses to pay the fine adjudged to be just by the Bureau, what course must I take to compel the payment

Bureau R.F. & A.L.
Office Asst. Com'r
Augusta Ga July 24th 1866

Respectfully referred to Capt. E.M.S. Ehlers A.S.A.C. Griffin Ga. for investigation & report of facts relative to the [[strikethrough]] within [[strikethrough]] outrages referred to within

These papers to be returned
By comd of
Bvt Maj. Genl Tillson
T.F. Forbes
Lieut & A.A.A.G.