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Office Sub Asst Comr
BRF&AL
Houston Tx Dec 4th 1866
Bvt. Lt. Col. H.A. Ellis
AAAG
Col.
I stopped four Bales of Cotton here some time since, and am holding the same now. I am confident that said cotton belongs to a negro. the party who brought it here attempted to ship said Cotton to New York. I have written to the freedman directing him to come here, and claim his property. Said Cotton is marked 
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
your obt. servt.
J.C. DeGress
Sub-Asst. Comr