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[[preprinted]] War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, ^[[August 16th]] 18^[[69]] [[/preprinted]]

Circular Letter

The following information having been called for by the Secretary of War for insertion in the Biennial Register Superintendents of Education of this Bureau are directed to forward to this office during the month of September a list of the Civilian employees in their respective Districts under the following heads - Agents. Clerks. Messengers. and Laborers. giving the name, the state where born, from what state employed, and the Amount of Annual Compensation.

A blank form is herewith enclosed and it is desired that these lists be made upon forms precisely similar.

By order of
Brevet Major Genl O O Howard
[[stamp]] Henry M Whittelsey [[/stamp]]
A.A.A. General

Rev John Kimball
Supt of Ed for D.C. &c
Washington D.C.