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is true and the one of the first not true, an equal insult to the dignity of the Bureau is offored. This is not the first of his misrepresenting to both friends & enemies of the Bureau, which I have suffered to pass unnoticed to avoid the stigma that must [[strikethrough]] come [[/strikethrough]] attatch to the Bureau (whose friend I am and challenge any act of mine to contrary) by exposing one occupying so prominent a position with uncalled for misrepresentations & apparently wilful falsehoods. I will see you soon and convince you that any unsettled matter is no fault of mine, but his. Presuming you can more easily devote time to adopt or reject than to originate documents I will prepare articles of Association covering all the points I deem necessary and submit to you. I have not been able to make Capt W. comprehend my designs or desires. I am not correctly represented in the letter of 7" Dec. I am wholly in favor of working the soil by the Freedmen, & never advocate their dependency upon Northern men & capital in Lumber business. but wholly upon the soil. In case of small & weak colony lumber & timber operators in so much as they induce vessels to come & take the colonys product so far should be encouraged. No Town, County, or State, dependent upon lumbering exibit good Schools or thriving communities of laborers. in all free States you find workers of soil good thriving industrious men, and women, with good Schools. I think the Freedmen better adapted to cultivating soil. I am not a candidate for any favor from black or white. My business is marked & though dependent upon that countrys being settled is not dependent upon any act of theirs except it is their success as thriving business producing men.

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Your Obt Servt
W H Hunt

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