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WAR DEPARTMENT, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER, Washington, D.C., August 3d, 1869 Bvt Lieut. Col J. M. Brown, D.O. &c. Washington D.C. Colonel: You will please purchase for use at these Headquarters: Five (5) Reams Letter Paper No 8, and Two (2) Gross [[A & P?]] [[?]] Classical Pens. Very respectfully Your obdt Servant Henry M Whittelsey Chief Qr Mr. Bureau R. F & A. L.