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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 
Headquarters Ass't Commissioner, District Columbia, 
Washington, December 8th, 1866.

Lieut. Col. W. M. Beebe Jr.
Local Supt D.C.

Colonel:
The Assistant Commissioner directs that you furnish the bearer William L. Smith employment and provide rations and quarters for him until such time as he can procure a situation elsewhere.

The subsistence and quarters provided for him by you, will be the compensation he is to receive for such duty as you may require of him, and he will be allowed time and opportunity to search for employment more suitable for him.

Very respectfully
Your obedient servant
Wm W. Rogers
A.A.A.G.