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Office Sub-Commissioner, 
Bureau Refugees, and Freedmen, 
Canton, Miss ^[[Nov 25th]] 186^[[5]].

E. Bamburger
1st Lt A A A Genl

Sir
I have the honor to make the following Report for the week ending to day. I have raised by subscription for school purposes Cash to the amount of ($50 50/100) Fifty dolls and fifty cents and will have a school house under construction in a few days.

I have married two couples. No Contracts presentd this week for approval

Very Respectfully 
Your Obedient Servant
[[signature]] John W Critchfield [[/signature]]
1st Lieut 50th U S C [[T? I?]]
Sub Commissioner

Transcription Notes:
("Bamburger" a misspelling of "Bamberger") either USCT (United States Colored Troops) or USCI (United States Colored Infantry)