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(No. 39.) Post Office Department, CONTRACT OFFICE, Washington, August 24th, 1869. Sir: In reply to your letter of the 23rd instant I hereby certify that "the distance by the shortest mail routes" between the undernamed places is as follows: From Baltimore, Md. to Hagerstown, Md. One Hundred and Two (102) miles. Respectfully W L Nicholson Topographer to P. O. Dept. for Second Ass't Postmaster Gen'l Brevet Major J.M. Brown Disbursing Officer Freedmen's Bureau Washington D.C.