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C. 31 F B. N. D M. 1865
C. 51. F B SM - 1865

Meridian Miss.
Augst 24th 1865.

Clarke. C. W. Lieut
Sub. Commissioner.

Forewords Enrollment Certificate for Freedmen, which he hopes will not conflict with orders &c

{One Enclosure}

Return to Col Donaldson

[[stamp]] FREEDMEN'S BUREAU, STATE OF MISS. * REC'D AUG 30 1865 [[/stamp]]

Recd Office A A Com. F B NDM Sept 16./65

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[[preprinted]]
OFFICE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, FREEDMEN'S BUREAU
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
Vicksburg, Miss., ^[[Sept. 11th]] 1865

Respectfully ^[[Referred]] to ^[[Lieut Col. R. S. Donaldson, Act. Asst. Commissioner N. D. Miss., to whom Lieut Clark [[underlined]] should [[/underlined]] report. This proposed plan conflicts with the policy of the Gov't as to passes & permits. All that was meant by the enrollment was an estimate of the population from information gathered from citizens and from returns made previous to the surrender.]] 

BY ORDER OF COL. SAM'L THOMAS,
Assistant Commissioner, Freedmen's Bureau,
State of Mississippi.
^[[signature]] Stuart Eldridge [[/signature]]
Lt. Act. Ass't. Adj't Gen'l.
[[/preprinted]]

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