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cheat, wrong or defraud a Freedman - yet while there are not many complaints of this character made at the present time. it is very evident that when [[settlement ?]] time comes at Christmas that many of them will be defrauded or unfairly dealt with without the Superintendence of an Officer of this Bureau

The Freedmen show a disposition to labor for fair remuneration, and so far as I know are generally civil and courtious 

There are few if any Fragrants and none to whom Rations or Clothing is being Issued-

There are no schools for Freedmen in this county, and a decided opposition is manifested on the part of the whites against

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