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Washington cty
Feby 11th 1867

Maj Genl Howard
U.S.A.

The situation and treatment of the Freedmen in northern Texas demand the interference of the Military authorities. We cannot get a fair showing before the Civil Authorities they are being constantly maltreated and many of them murdered. The Grand Juries refuse or neglect to find bills of Indictment against the perpetrators of these wrongs - in fact the trial of a man for an injury to a Freedman is a farce.

In the name of humanity I ask that some steps be taken for their protection. I suggest the names of Hon Hardin Hart of Hunt Co Texas and Hon Anthony Bryant of Grayson Co Texas as fit & suitable persons in whom to trust of