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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