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Centerville Leon County Septbr". 14th" 1866

Colonel W. H. Sinclair
A. A. Genl

Sir.
I have the honnor to report to you that I arrived in this County on September 5th and opened the Office at the old Court House in Centerville, the said place is the most convenient point in the Center of the County. I find the people of this County generally well disposed to deal fairly with the Freedmen. The only difficulties I have encountered as yet is where Freedmen hired themself to small Farmers or irresponsible parties for one third or in some cases half the Crop, but succeeded so far without much trouble satisfactory to both sides. I was already compelled to attend to cases in Freestone and Limestone Countys, both of those Countys having as to my knowledge no agent, please instruct me if