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217th
[[preprinted]] [[underlined]] [Form 6.] [[underlined]]
War Department, 
Bureau of Refugees, freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER,
Washington, ^[[February 15"]] 186^[[9.]] [[/preprinted]]

Rev John Kimball,
Supt. Education &c.
Washington D.C.

Sir:
[[preprinted]] I respectfully forward herewith Transportation Orders, No. ^[[169,]] for transportation of ^[[A. L. Ellis, Teacher,]] the same having been requested by ^[[your communication to this office, of date February 15' 1869.]]

By order of Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard, Commissioner.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
[[stamp]] Henry M Whittelsey [[/stamp]]
Chief Quartermaster, Bureau R., F., and A.L. [[/preprinted]]