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Office Sub-Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of R.F.& A.L., State of Texas, Houston, Texas, December 14th 1866. Bvt. Lt. Col. H.A. Ellis A.A.A.G. Col. I have written to Montgomery, Montgomery County, that I would be there on the 18th inst. to assist in making settlements between Planters and freedmen, and I will leave here on the 18th inst as pr. orders from you to be gone 3 or 4 days, leaving A.A. Surgeon Thos. C. Baird in charge of this office until my return. I have the honor to be Very respectfully Your obedient servant J.C. De Gress Sub-Asst. Comr.