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War Department,
Bureau Refugees Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Washington  Apl. 18, 1870.

Respectfully returned to W.M. Colby Esq Supt of Education Little Rock Ark.

The within requested appropriation will be made as soon as evidence is received that the land is properly secured to Trustees.  Please forward a copy of the deed to this office for examination in the usual manner.

By order of
Bt. Maj. Genl Howard
Henry M Whittelsey
A.A.A. General.

E.B. Vol.6, p.160.