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R 135 FBSM 68 Bureau Refugees Freedmen &c Office Sub. Asst. Commr. Jackson Miss. July 23rd 1868 Respectfully returned to the Asst. Commissioner Vicksburg Miss. Whom I trust will pardon the offense caused by an error in judgement influenced by the urgent appeal of the "Committee" But which offense shall not be repeated. I intended it as a private note for Genl. Howard but made it Official by the form of address- Joseph B. Holt Agt Bu. R.F & A.L. [[stamp]] Freedman's Bureau State of Miss Received Jul 23 1868 [[/stamp]] (Maj [[Wurtuner?]] being absent) File Two enclosures