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companies this report. There are many suggestions I could make, which would be of material service to the interests of the Freedmen which will find this place under each head of any report. I would respectfully ask whether I am at liberty in the discharge of official duty to hire conveyance for such work for myself & whether the Government will sanction such necessary & lawful expense incurred.
I would also be glad to receive instructions as to Circular No. 18 date Dec. 9. 1867 issued from Head Quarters New Orleans and ask whether this Circular extends to the State of Texas or is confined to only a portion of the 5th Mily. Dist.

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Some words have implied hyphenation due to the width of the paper they were written on. Hyphens are not included, the word is simply split across lines on the paper. Example is the first word on this page is the second part of "accompanies", of which the "acc" is on the prior page.