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18 Jan'ry 15th 70. Bt. Maj. Gen'l C. H. Smith, New Orleans La. General: I take the liberty to forward through your office a communication to the Commissioner Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, enclosing vouchers for the pay of Mr. Lyman for two month's service in Nov. & Dec. 1868, for such endorsement as you may be pleased to make. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully Your obedient Servant Wm. M. Colby, Supt. Ed. State of Ark.
Transcription Notes:
Wm. is for William