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[[preprinted]] WAR DEPARTMENT,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
OFFICE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER,
Washington, ^[[Aug:]], 1869. [[/preprinted]]

Sir:-
Your are respectfully requested to Circulate through the Pastors of the Colored Churches in your State or such other Agencies as you may deem best the inclosed Circular of the Medical Department of Howard University.

This instruction is designed to give to Colored Students a thorough and [[underlined]] Complete Course [[/underlined]] of Medical Education, and is under the management of a Faculty who are deeply interested in the welfare and the advancement of their Students. 

Trusting that you circulate as requested.
I remain,

Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Sevt.
[[signature]] Robert Reyburn [[/signature]]

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