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OFFICE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, FREEDMEN'S BUREAU
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
Vicksburg, Miss., Sept 4th 1865.

Respectfully forwarded to Maj. Gen O.O. Howard Com'r
Bureau. R.F. and A.L.
and the return of the properly recommended

Saml Thomas
COLONEL AND ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER.
Freedmen's Bureau, State of Miss,

E & M 49 1865

War Department,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, etc. 
Washington, Sept. 13. 1865.

Respectfully returned to Col. Saml. Thomas. Asst. Commr. Vicksburg. Miss. with authority to restore the within decided property.

By order of
Maj. Genl. O.O. Howard.
Commissioner, &c. 
Wm Fowler
Asst. Adjt. Genl.

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