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away from their plantations. I think my order of yesterday stopping all produce from being shipped at this point will bring the chivalry of Texas to a settlement with the freedpeople. 

Very respectfully
Your obt. serv't
J.C. De Gress
S.A. Com'r.

We had hoped, since so may left here in the early part of the summer, that they were gone for good, but it would seem that we are again going to be cursed with them like we were last winter. They are almost all ragged and dirty, and ill fitted to stand the cold of winter. The women will of course provide for themselves by a life of prostitution, but the men will not work at anything, and can be seen any day squatted around the corners, and lanes and back streets of the city. We think our authorities should take notice of them and arrest all those who have no visible means of support, and put them at something that will benefit both them and the city. 
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