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| Eldridge Stuart Lt & AAAG 9 See LB. P.47. | Respectfully forwarded to Lieut Eldridge A.A.A. Genl Bu R.F. & A L State of Miss for information as to whether Genl Orders No 3- War Dept. current series and the Civil rights bill render inoperative the Act of the Legislature of Miss punishing deserting black laborers Geo. S. Smith Capt Bt Major Sub Comr |

| Eldridge Lt  AAAG  X 10 | Endorsement on communication from Theo Harvey asking what is to be done when freedmen refuse to fill their contracts for labor H-3-F.B.D.C-1866. Bureau R.F & A L  Office Sub Comr Columbus Miss June 5th 1866 Respectfully forwarded to Lieut Stuart Eldridge A.A.A. Gen Bureau R F & A L for State of Miss for the necessary information Geo. S. Smith Capt & Bt Major Sub Comr | 

| Phillis freedwoman X 11 | Endorsement on communication from L.A. Brown Judge of Probate stating that no application has ever been made for the apprenticeship of Girl Matilda by James M Collins    Bureau R.F. & A L Office Sub Commissioner Columbus Miss June 6"/66    B-3-FBDC-1866. Respectfully referred to the freedwoman Phillis for her information Geo. S. Smith Capt & Bt Major Sub Comr |

| [[strikethrough]] Davis Thomas H. Judge of Probate Monroe County [[/strikethrough]] X Phillis freedwoman 11/12 | Endorsement on communication from Thomas. H. Davis Judge of Probate Monroe Co concerning Affidavit of freedwoman Phillis in relation to the Apprenticeship of her Grand daughter "Lilly" and stating that no record of such case appears on the docket of his court.  D-1-F.B. D.C.-1866. Bu R.F. & A L Office Sub Commissioner Columbus Miss June 6th 1866  Respectfully referred to freedwoman Phillis for her information Geo. S. Smith Capt & Bt Major Sub Comr |

| Smith George S. Capt & Bt. Major Sub Comr. Dist. Columbus (See Letters Recd. H.Q.) (Recd Back June 12" 1866) | Continuation of an endorsement on communication from S H Harris complaining of Freedmen deserting his plantation Hd. Qrs. Dept Miss Bureau RF & AL Vicksburg Mississippi June 8th 1866 Respectfully returned to Bvt Major Geo. S. Smith, Sub Commissioner Dist of Columbus, with the information, that the Civil Rights Bill renders inoperative the act of the Mississippi Legislature punishing black persons for deserting contracts, and also any act or acts which make a distinction between white and black persons as to punishment or penalties, The Civil Rights bill only repeats Gen Orders No. 3. By Order of Major Gen Th J Wood (Signed) A.W. Preston Capt & A.D.C. |