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State of Texas
Executive Department,
Austin, Oct. 13th 1866.

[[strikethrough]] Special Orders No. [[/strikethrough]]

Maj General Kiddoo
Chf Freedman's Bureau
Galveston, Texas

Dr Sir:
It is with regret that I have to inform you that Captain Craig, Agent of Freedman's Bureau at Seguin, Texas, a few days since arrested the District Clerk of Guadalupe County, for refusing to give up certain of the papers of the District Court of that County.  Mr. Craig subsequently obtained and destroyed or took the papers away.
   
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