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State of Texas,
Executive Department,
Austin Nov 7th 1866.

Maj Genl Kiddoo
Ch. Freedman's Bureau
Galveston, Texas,

General,

Enclosed you will find letter to me from Judge Shropshire, and one from the Sheriff of Matagorda County to the Judge, in relation to the forcibly taking from the Sheriff's custody a freedman indicted by the Grand Jury of Matagorda County, for an assault with intent to commit murder, and held under process of the court for trial. I desire to know if the act of the Agent of the Bureau in Matagorda County in thus interfering with the enforcement of the law is by your order, and if he is sustained by you in so doing. I would respectfully ask you at your earliest convenience, information as to the extent of your