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32 Bureau Refugees Freedman and Abandoned Lands Office Sub Commission Meridian Miss May 10th 1866 Teacher Freedmans School Macon Miss Dear Sir I enclose herewith some Blanks for School Reports and would like to have you fill up and send me one on the 28th day of each month. I would like also to know how you are getting along - any information about your school will be than fully recovered. Very Respectfully Your Most Obt Servt Jno. J. Knox Bvt Maj & Sub Commssnr District of Meridian Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Office Sub. Commr. Meridian Miss May 10th 1866 Oppelt Miss Henrietta De Kalb Miss Dear Madam I enclose herewith some Blanks for School Reports and would be pleased to have you fill up one and send to me on the 26th day of each month. I expect to be at De Kalb some time during the present month and with your permission will take great pleasure in visiting your School. you are certainly engaged in a very Laudable and missionary Enterprise and any assistance I may be able to render you will be most cheerfully given. I would like to hear from you and learn what assistance the Citizens of De Kalb have given you and whether or not you have met with any opposition. Very Respectfully Your Most Obt Servt Jno. J. Knox Bvt Maj & Sub Commsnr District of Meridian 33 Office Sub Commr Dist of Meridian, Meridian Miss May 12, 1866 Henry Colonel Sir I am a satisfied from the evidence aduced [[strikethrough]] that [[/strikethrough]] in the case of the bearer that he has the money of Ed please retain enough out of his wages to pay Ed until further orders should you not in the meantime find out that he has not the money By order Maj JJ Knox Very Respectfully your obt svt J.H. Chapman Capt Vet Res Corps Asst Sub Commr Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Office Sub Commr Meridian Miss May 14/66 McDaniel James Kemper Co Dear Sir I wrote to you sometime ago giving you a statement of several complaints made by the bearer "Malinda" and requested you to reply to the same but as yet have not heard from you. I send this letter by her with a request that if you have no written contract with her you will permit her to take her children and things away from your premises Very Respectfully Your Most Obt Servt Jno. J. Knox Maj & Sub Commr Dist of Meridian
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Reopened for Editing 2024-06-25 08:22:29
I believe it is "send" rather than "sent". The flourish of the "d" makes it look like a crossbar for a "t" (similar to the way he writes "and")