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| WHEN RECEIVED. | NAME OF WRITER. | DATE AND PURPORT OF LETTER. |
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| Jan 3" 1865 17. | Howard Maj Genl O.O. by Wm Fowler A.A.G. ***  L.S 13" 11  E&M p 126 & 127  L.B. 117 & 118 | Washington D.C. Jan 2" 1865  Telegrams of Dec 30" need rents once collected  will not be restored - instructions sent by mail today. |

| Jan 2 186 18 | Howard Maj Genl O.O. by Wm Fowler A.A.G. * ***  L.S 13" 11" 6" 7"  E&M p 126 & 127  L.B. 117 & 118- | Washington D.C. Dec 18" 1865  Forwards copy of letter of instructions to Col. Saml L Thomas Asst Comr. regarding the reduction of rate of rent on cotton from 1/8 of crop to 2c per pound & petition of Kelso & Co., M.W. Benjamin & Co. & Clegg & Lemon Pine Bluff Ark.  2 Enclosures |

| Dec 30" 1865 20 | Howard Maj Genl by Wm Fowler A.A.G.  L.R.S 693. H 730" H 757"  S. B 101"  E 112"  E. 99" 113" 135" 136  LRH 757/ 65  L.S. 10 *** | Washington D.C. Dec 30" 1865  Telegram of 23rd inst concerning N.P. Stanton revoked Instructions sent this day by mail. |

| Jan 3" 1866 22 | Howard Enoch **  L.C. 94  L.S. 39/ 66 | Pine Bluff Jan 3" 1866.  Believing that cotton rent will be reduced  please instruct Capt Skinner to wait for your instructions. |

| Jan 6" 1866 27 | Howard Maj Genl O.O. by Max Woodhull A.A.G. *** | Washington D.C. Dec 16" 1866  Refers letter of Chaplain A. Wright Genl Supt for Mo applying to be retained in the service and giving reasons therefore - Desires Genl Sprague to communicate with the Gov. of Mo. and get him to appoint an agent to relieve...


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| 27 | Howard Maj Genl ***  L.S 2. | the officers of the Bureau altogether desiring to make his withdrawal absolute but doe not want to have the Freedmen without some agent to look after their interests  but he should be appointed and paid by State not national Govt.  This should have immediate attention. |

| Jan. 6" 1866 28 | Howard Maj Genl O.O. Woodhull Max A.A.G. ***  L.S. 3. | Washington D.C. Dec 9" 1865  Circular No 19, extending to the Bureau the privilege of drawing a months supply of Commissary Stores upon requisition of the Asst Comr. was intended to meet any sudden emergency where extreme suffering from want of food should be discovered.  Asst Comr's are held to strict responsibility that there shall be no waste, and issues are confined to cases where humanity evidently demands them.  Orphan Asylums and Hospitals to be cared for as heretofore Commissary's Estimates & Requisitions to be based upon actual necessity and when part of a ration will answer do not make requisition for full rations - Report immediately any in increase in the number of indigent.  Commissaries detailed in Bureau are not exempted from, but will do duty in their own department when possible. |

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