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58 59 is the worst the worst in my District and the manner in which the Freedmen are being treated is fairly illustrated in the letter of W.A. Love a lawyer at Dekalb (County seat) and forwarded to your Office on the 26th day of May 1866. Gully as I have in previous communications informed you is a shrewd cunning fellow he has baffled all efforts to take from him the children of Freedmen "Orange" apprenticed to him without the consent of their father nothing was done with him for shamefully beating "Orange's" wife "Emily" and in this instance he succeeded equally as well. He compromised with "Jobe" hense the order of Major Norton to bring his (Jobe's) family away was not carried out. I am Lieut Very Respectfully Your Most Obt Servt Jno J. Knox Bvt Maj & Sub Commr Bu R.F. and A.L. Office Sub Commr Meridian June 16" 1866 Newman Rev. J.E. Sageville Miss Dear Sir Phebe Ann Freedwoman has this day filed in my office an affidavit setting forth that you, assisted by your Brother and Mr Eastham tied her up and beat her - striking her at least fifty times. My duty compels me to take notice of such cases and while I regret the necessity I would advise you to call at my office at your earliest convenience and think the matter can be settled without resorting to the civil courts. Very Respectfully your most Obt Servt Jno. J. Knox Bvt Maj & Sub Commr District of Meridian 59 Bureau Refugees Freedman and Abandoned Lands Office Sub Commr Meridian Miss June 18" 1866 Warren Justice of the Peace Red Bluff Miss Sir An affidavit has been filed in this office by Freedman Washington Brothers setting forth that you charged him twenty dollars to have a warrant issued for the arrest of William Gardner on a charge of "Assault and Battery" and that he gave you a note for the same - also that you ordered him to jail upon the result of the trial. You will please make a statement to this office relative to the above charges at your earliest convenience and much oblige. Your Most Obt Servt Jno. J. Knox Bvt Maj & Sub Commr District of Meridian Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Office Sub Commr Meridian Miss June 19" 1866 Whittelsey Genrl Henry M Chief D.M. Dept Miss &c Vicksburg Miss General I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Seventeen and 25/100 Dollars per Southern Express Co - charges paid on vouchers for Telegrams Postage and Lamp Oil during the months of April and May 1866. I am General Very Respectfully Your Most Obt Servt Jno. J. Knox Bvt Maj & Sub Commr District of Meridian
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Reopened for Editing 2024-06-25 09:55:46
"Most Obt Servt" rather than most able servant. And no hyphens-those are cross bars for the "t"s
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Reopened for Editing 2024-06-25 12:13:59