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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
HEAD QUARTERS SUPERINTENDENT 2nd DISTRICT,
Petersburg, Va. Jany 5th 1867

Confidential

Dear General
When I requested the Headquarters of Lt Yeckley removed from City Point to this city I did what I thought best for the interests of the service in reference to the two counties of his Sub District; but I think he will do better in the country because then the colored people of at least once county can see him Although a good intentioned officer he seems to lack the energy necessary to go from the city into the country as often as is necessary; indeed he seldom goes to the distant parts of the counties of his Sub District at all I can well attend to the interests of the

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