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Head Qr's Dist Miss, 
Bureau R F & A L.
Vicksburg. Dec. 8' 66.

Respectfully forwarded to Maj Gen O. O. Howard Com'r B R F & A L. approved.

Mr Siddons has given us the necessary and required assurances - that he will not allow the persons for who he asks transportation to become a charge upon the Government; that he will when possible, and it is the wish of the persons, move families intact; that he will render them all reasonable and proper assistance for educational advancement and religious instruction, and that these Lands are for his own use bona fide.

Th J Wood
Bvt Maj Genl. U.S.A.
Asst Commissioner

War Department
Bureau R. F. and A. L.
Washington Dec 17 - 1866

Respectfully referred to Bvt Brig Genl H. M. Whittelesey
Chief Q.M. Bureau R. F. and A. L.

By order of Maj' Genl. Howard

A.P. Ketchum
A.A.A.Genl.


BUREAU OF R.F. & A. L.
DEC 18 1866
C. Q. M.

Transcription Notes:
That number on second panel is "17" not "14", as that is how people made 7's then. After having transcribed for a long while, you get to see the difference, and remember that was just how it was done then.