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Headquarters, Assistant Commissioner, 
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 
District of South Carolina, 
Charleston, S. C., March 9th 1868. 

Major General O. O. Howard. 
Commissioner. Bureau R.F and A.L. 
Washington. D.C.

General: 
I have the honor very respectfully to request that the date of the within revocation of Mr Hoyts appointment may be changed from February 20th to Feb'y. 29th. Mr Hoyt was unavoidably kept on duty because of his property responsibility and my inability to relieve him until the 29 ult.
 
I am, General 
Very Respectfully 
Your obt. Servant 
R K Scott
Brevet Maj General.
Ass't Comr. S.C.