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OFFICE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, FREEDMEN'S BUREAU
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
Vicksburg, Miss., October 12th 1865. 
Respectfully forwarded to Maj. Gen. Howard Com'r
Bu. R. F. & A. L. recommended,

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

War Department, 
Bureau R. F. & A. L.
Washington, Oct. 23, 1865.

Respectfully returned to Col. Saml Thomas, Asst. Comm'r [[strikethrough]] Asst. Commr. &c. [[/strikethrough]] Vicksburg, Miss. with authority to restore the within described property.
 
By order of Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard.
Commissioner, &c. 

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Asst.  Adjt. Genl.

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S. T. 

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