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than otherwise, and they prefer to have all their transactions with the freedmen operated through it, as both parties are then generally better satisfied.  The Freedmens Bureau as a regular and an operative power can but be regarded as of the greatest imperative, until the freedmen become more intelligent, until the prejudices existing 
between the races subsides and until a greater degree of confidence prevails among them,in all transactions and associations between the two races.

Very Respectfully,
Your obedt Sevt
F.W. Kimball
Lt & Asst Supt

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-03-05 11:58:05 -Please do not hit enter at the end of each line, rather just type each paragraph continuously. Allow the system to do the line breaks automatically. It otherwise makes editing problematic for reviewers. -F.W. Kimball, not G.W. Kimball