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BUREAU REFUGEES, FREEDMEN & ABANDONED LANDS,
STATE OF TENNESSEE
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE
Nashville, Tenn. November 12th, 1867.

CIRCULAR LETTER.
The following Communication is published for the information of all whom it may concern:
"BUREAU REFUGEES, FREEDMEN & ABANDONED LANDS,
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE,
Nashville, Tenn., November 11th, 1867.

MAJ, GEN'L W. P. CARLIN,
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER.
GENERAL:
Send any children of "Loyal White Refugees," who may be properly qualified and are willing to go to the Look-Out Mountain School. I will see that the expense of their education for the next term is met. Any Transportation you may order or pay will be approved by me on the receipt of Vouchers therefor at Washington, D.C.
Yours, Truly,
(Sig.) O.O. HOWARD,
Maj. Gen'l,
Commissioner, &c."

Officers and Agents of this Bureau will report to this Office such children, contemplated by the above letter, of either sex who have attained the age of 12 years, and whose parents or guardians may be desirous of sending them to the Look-Out Mountain Educational Institution.

No delay should be caused by waiting to obtain lists of names of such children as may be selected, but the name of each should be forwarded as soon a obtained.
W.P. CARLIN
Brv't Major General U.S.A;
Ass't Commisioner.

OFFICIAL:
[[signature]] JN. Govesbeck [[/signature]]
L't 42nd Infantry and a. Ass't Ad'jt General. 

[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVE OF THE UNITED STATES [[stamp]]