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x and a positive refusal is given to render x any assistance. This I consider an outrage, x the freedmen are taxed equaly with the whites, yet they are debarred from any x donation made by the city.
x x x x 
The number of rations issued during the month are similar to the amount issued during the preceeding one. The majority of these are to the aged and widows with children.

Very respectfully
Your obtservant
Benj. C. Cook
Bvt Capt and Asst Supt

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-03-07 15:41:00 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-03-07 18:37:38 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-03-07 18:51:06 -"Benj. C. Cook" -For staff: Not sure that the X's placed by the transcriber are best left in this transcription? Similar to the many checkmarks inserted in these docs by later archivists, they add nothing searchable to the content and make the transcribed version cluttered and less readable. Seems counter to the stated objective of the TC. Have left them in pending staff opinion. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-03-07 18:59:09