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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
Washington, D.C., December 5 1868

General C.H. Howard
Assistant Commissioner

General:
The Commissioner directs that on the 9th instant you  remove your office to the rooms in the new building of the Howard University assigned to you

You may suspend the general business of your office during the time required for its removal.

Please apply to the Chief Quartermaster of this Bureau for necessary transportation and assistance.

Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant,
F.D. Sewall
Actg. Asst. Adj't. General

Transcription Notes:
(There's a "C.H." and an "O.O." Howard in the Freedmen's Bureau at this time period.)