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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.
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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,