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NARA 792

Office Supt of Freedmen
Jackson Tenn Jan 9 1866

Col Bishop 
Sub. Com B.R. & F

Col Two of the Freedmen by Mr G.H. Ford of this (Mason Co Tenn) have left their place of Employ and gone it is supposed to Miss near Okolona their names are Ben Bowling and Jeff Ezell The contract was confirmed by you Will you please to have these men arrested and sent to Jackson Tenn as soon as practicable

Very Respectfully 
Your ob't Serv't 
Samuel Evans
1st Lt 29 USC Inf & Supt of Freedmen

Transcription Notes:
Serv't changed to servant ---------- Reopened for Editing 2025-07-16 14:41:53 Changed "their" to "these" and "Miss" to "Misp". The third letter in "Misp" looks to be written as an "l" to me, but I will leave that for others to decide. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2025-07-16 22:06:14 ------ Previous transcriber correctly changed Servant back to Serv't to reflect the original. Changed Misp back to Miss - as that is the way the double "s" looked at time this was written.