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HEADQUARTERS
District of } BUREAU REFUGEES, FREEDMEN, AND ABANDONED LANDS. { Mississippi.
OFFICE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER,
FOR THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
Vicksburg, Miss., Decr 10th, ,1866.

To
Major. Genl O.O. Howard, U.S.A.,
Comr Bu R.F. and A.L.,
Washington, D.C.

Genl:
This will introduce to you Col R. M. Robertson, who visits you on business of importance, which he will fully explain to you. Col Robertson has explained his plan to me, and I think if carried out, it will result in good to the community generally, and the colored people specially. If you grant him the transportation