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D243 encl Headquarters, State of South Carolina FIRST SEPARATE BRIGADE, Charleston, S. C., Aug' 21st 1866. B Maj E.F. O'Brien. [[?]] Charleston Bt Maj Gen'l R.K. Scott. Ass't Comm'r directs me to instruct you that if Mr Guilleame is ready to furnish rations to the hands on his plantations, you are authorized to restore the plantations to his possession, forwarding to these Headquarters an estimate of the value of the rations advanced by the Gov't to Freedpeople employed thereon. I am, Major Very Respectfully Your Obed't Serv't. H W Smith B Lt Col and A.A. Gen'l.