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Office S.A.C. B of R.F. and A Lds La Grange Texas Dec. 22 1866. Brevet. Lt. Col. Henry A. Ellis A.A.A. Genl. B of R.F. and A Lds Galveston Texas, Col, I have the honor to request that if the Cotton of William J Hudson Fayette County Texas has been seized for Labor unpaid as requested by me in my communication of Dec. 18th that it be released, Mr. Hudson having come to my office and paid the Freedmen. Very Respectfully Your most Obt. Servt. I. Johnson Capt. and S.A. Com.