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Office Sub Asst Com'r 
Sherman, Texas
Oct 31st 1866

Bvt Col. H.A. Ellis
A.A.A.General
Galveston, Texas

Sir, 
I have the honor to state that the business  of this office does not require the filling of any blanks for the month ending October 31,1866. ecept a a return for the hire of a room for an office.

No money or property has come into my hands on account of the Bureau of R.F and A.L during this month,

I have made a tour over the county visiting the plantations find that but few cotton farms wheat and corn are the staple products of this section.

The citizens generally are pleasant enough when I meet with them.  All are anxious for me to stir the nigger out with a sharp stick