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War Department,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Office Chief Quartermaster.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 17. 1867.

Bvt. Maj. J. M. Brown
D. O.  B R F & A L.
Washington D. C.

Major,
Referring to letter from this office of 12th ultimo authorizing the purchase of (3) three carts and directing the transfer and shipment of the same to Bvt. Lt. Col. Jas. P. Low, D. O. at Charleston, S. C., information is desired as to whether the carts have been shipped as directed and if so as to the date of the shipment.

By order of Major Genl. O. O. Howard, 
Commissioner
Henry M Whittelsey
CQM. B R F & A L