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and the Freedmen renting will lose houses worth to them from $10 to $50. Yet that it will be best to make such an agreement with Cook as proposed. If, however, the term of rental were for a longer period it would be some alleviation for the [[prial?]] loss of their houses. On behalf of the Committee Very respectfully thy friend James E. Rhoads To Col. O. Brown Asst. Comm'r Bureau Refugees &c
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