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Office S.A. Commissioner
Bureau R.F. & A.L.
Centreville Leon Co October 24th 1866.

Colonel W.H. Sinclair
S.A. Commr.

Sir.

In answer to your letter dated October 16th I have the honnor to report that John Haley, the parthie of who Freedman John Collins complains, leaves in Houston County on the Trinity River.  I wrote to John Haley shortly after my coming here and received from him the answer that he would communicate direct with your Office in Galveston or Major Barns in Crokett, as to the Claim of Freedman John.

I have this day, in obedience to your order, notified Mr. Haley to come to this office and settle the case