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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, D.C. June 4, 1867

Bvt. Brig. Gen C. H. Howard
Asst. Comm.

I have the honor to request for Howard University two (2) timbers  not less than 25 feet long 3 inches thick & 6 or 8 inches wide.

Very Respectfully
E. Whittlesey
Agent for Trustees

Please direct the Q. M. to send the above to the building now being repaired on the Smith farm.
E. W.

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