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Office S.A. Com'r. Bureau RF&AL
Columbus, Ga. Nov. 19th 1868
Bt. Colonel John R. Lewis
Assistant Commissioner
Atlanta, Ga.

Colonel:
I have the honor to forward herewith Report of Murders and Assaults with intent to kill committed upon Freedpeople in the Sub District of Columbus from the first day of January 1868 to the eighth day of November 1868.
I also enclose the Reports of Lieut Haskell and Agents Chapman & Pokorny.
I am Colonel
Very Respectfully
Your obedient serv't.
John Leonard
Bt. Major US Army
S.A. Com'r