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New Braunfels, March 29th 1866
Brig. General Gregory
Superintendent of Freedmens Bureau et cetera
Sir,
I have the honor to state the receipt of your letter, dated March 23rd 1866 and feel much obliged for the undeserved compliments bestowed upon me promising that I shall always aspire to make myself worthy of them and to become a fearless worker for the Good of Humanity and the Elevation of a now so distracted country as Ours to push the Car of Progress to a desired oasis of peace, harmony, unity and righteousness.
Now many cases have transpired since I wrote you my last letter, that you would shock your better and nobler sense of justice, [[strikethrough]] where [[/strikethrough]] were it not to impede upon your time and patience and to stop these misdeeds I would earnestly but respectfully pray to appoint some Agent as soon as possible to Guadalupe and Hays Co where those so long and so unrighteously enslaved people are still maltreated and kept in a facsimile bondage. Please, Sir and hear the prayers of those abused and downtrodden human Beings. 
In this County (Comal Cy) are but few freed people and I think it would be hardly worth while to call an officer from the Army where he could be more usefully employed otherwise, but as ignorance is prevailing to such a fearful extent amongst the greater portions of the germens, frictions between parties cannot be avoided and the Mayor of this town