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War Department 
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, January 16th 1867

Bvt Brig Genl H. M Whittlesey
Chief Quarter Master etc.

General
I am directed to request that you will cause to be made an Examination into the condition of the warming apparatus of the Record Division, and have such steps taken as will permit of a fire being kept up in the Clerks' room without it being filled, as at present, with most noxious gases.

Could the pipe be carried from the above-mentioned room into the flue in the front office, a better draught would be created and the atmosphere be purified.

Very respectfully
Your obedient Servant
A. P. Ketchum
Brev Maj and A.A.A.G.