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Bureau Refugees F & AL.
Hd Qrs. Asst Com N.C.
Raleigh, N.C.  Feb 2" 1869.

Respectfully forwarded to Bvt. Maj. Gen. [[underlined]] O. O. Howard, [[/underlined]] Commissioner for information whether I am authorized to order the purchase of monthly supplies for the Orphan Asylum.

[[checkmark]] [[signature]] Nelson A. Miles [[/signature]]
Col & Bvt Maj. Gen.
Asst. Commissioner.

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[[stamp]] War Department,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.
Washington, Feb 6 1869

Respectfully [[/stamp]] returned.  There is no legal authority for such purchases, the Bureau having been discontinued (except Educational and Bounty Departments) by Act of Congress.

By order of
Bvt Maj Genl Howard
[[signature]] E. Whittlesey [[/signature]]
A A A General

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[[stamp]] REC'D HD. Q'RS BU R.F. & A.L. NORTH CAROLINA FEB 9 1869 [[/stamp]]