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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Office Chief Disbursing Officer, 
Washington, D.C. April 12th, 1870

Wm. M. Colby
Supt of Ed
Little Rock Ark

Sir, 
Enclosed please find my check #8880,
on Asst Treas New York for fifty four 00/100 dollars to pay the following vouchers Viz 
Wm M. Colby Trans O & A 42.50
for Postage 11.51 $54.01

I also return vouchers for transportation to which you will please attach authority under which the journey was made, and return them at your earliest convenience, hereafter you will always have the authority attached to such vouchers before forwarding for payment

Very Respectfully
Geo W. Balloch
Bvt Brig Genl & C.D.O.
per B. 



Transcription Notes:
Edited: read instructions, use [[?]] if word not known, Wm is for William he is a Superintendent, don't truncate words even if truncated on page, 'do' used like ditto '"' mark,