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[[strikethrough]] Office [[/strikethrough]] 
Livingston, Polk. Co. Tex.
March, 15 1867

Lieut: -
I promised to drop you a few lines soon after returning to my Dist., I have been very busy attending the courts, and travelling over portions of this and the Counties East, since my arrival, which accounts for not having availed myself of the honor of your indulgence before this.- I have been all through this country, even, to the Sabine river, have made some acquaintances, with the best of the people, and gained considerable knowledge of the state of society, in diferent localities; and as the Military Bill has passed, a more thorough knowledge - I was thinking - of the peoples of this great agricultural portion of the state, might be of some service to your office; If so, I will gladly furnish any information, or be of any service in my power. I could be able to give you a list of men who opposed secession; or, who were "peace men" at the close of the war; or, a list of those who could take the oath. I will give, here, a few names of persons, who are union men now, who are men of ability and can be trusted, and who stand