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[[preprinted]]
[[underlined]] [Form 6.] [[/underlined]]
War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER.
Washington, ^[[February 24"]] 186^[[9]]. 

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

^[[Sir:]] 

I respectfully forward herewith Transportation Orders, No ^[[185,]], for transportation of ^[[J. Shermer, Teacher,]] the same having been requested by ^[[your communication to this office, of date February 23d 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]]