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N.J. tribunals, should such be organized. It was further ordered that, for the present, the matter of the sale of [[?]] spirits, should be left to the military. I venture to transmit you also a copy of a letter I addressed to Gen. Howard on this subject. I deem it proper to inform your Department that much inconvenience is felt in this community from the difficulty in obtaining labor, though there is a super abundance of it, and still more from the want of [[?]]ulation requiring the freedmen to observe their contracts. In consequence of the two difficulties, particularly the latter, I am preparing
Transcription Notes:
the last word is PREPARING, but it's split between this film and the next. Per SI, the FULL word is to be on both pages.
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