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[[preprinted]] Office Sub-Commissioner Freedmen's Bureau, Meridian, Miss., ^[[17" Sept]] 1865. [[/preprinted]] S. D. Barnes A. A. A. Genl Sir I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of telegram of 17" Inst. Transportation was suspended to Freedmen ^[[insertion]] Officers [[/insertion]] & employees of Freedmens Bureau in Circular, 6, from, Dept Hd Qrs which was founded on an order from Q M Generals Office. The Chaplain returned to Jasper Co. on Friday night and will not return ^[[insertion]] here [[/insertion]] before Wednesday morning. I will try and have transportation so as not to delay him if he wishes to continue on the train to Macon Very Truly Yours [[signature]] C. W. Clarke [[/signature]]