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time to do little jobs that they could not seek any work; for instance one woman to whom this allowance was made had to milk and do some chores in the house each morning before she was allowed to go; which duties generally broke in upon the day in such a manner that she was not able to get any work.

When I mentioned to Miss Tobb that the Govt made it obligatory upon her to make contracts with her servant she thought the Govt had nothing at all to do with her affairs, but take her niggars off her hands.

I sought in vain for a cause of Miss Tobbs bitter animosity toward me as an officer of the Bureau, and the colored people and found it only in in the slowly but surely assembling mind of the temple of Slavery's aristocracy.

Among the people of the county she is known as a hard, close woman, and unless the Supt here be instructed to gather and divide the crop of corn now standing it is my opinion that it will follow the wheat to Bolt.

The Lady offered me but the most limited means for an investigation, and made an ingagement to meet me at Glouster on Tuesday, and although she came up to consult with Lawer Lawyer Kemp: never came near me so that I presume she will soon a second time present her case to Col Brown or Gen. Howard as she best can from a distance and in writing; but as far as my observation goes she is the oppressor and not the oppressed [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]]as she would fain make it appear, as her servants if means here at hand with few exceptions would make their living as it is

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