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[[preprinted]] Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Headquarters Ass't Commissioner, State of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C., ^[[April 6"]] 1866. [[/preprinted]] Maj. Wickersham Please to do all in your power to collect the enclosed bill for an old gray headed hard working freedman. J.W. Minor is a white man a Painter by trade. By order of Col. Whittlesey, Asst. Commissioner [[signature]] Fred H. Beecher [[/signature]] 2" Lieut. 3" Inf. and A.A.A. Genl.