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[[strikethrough]] Headquarters Assistant Commissioner, [[/strikethrough]]
Bureau Refugees, freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS,
Columbia, S.C., July. 14th. 1869

Brevet Maj Gen'l O. O. Howard, U.S.A.
Commissioner Bureau R. F and A.L.
Washington D.C.

General:
I have the honor to request that the same authority be given to me to travel upon Business relating to school matters, as have been granted to Maj. Neide - to date from July 12th., as I have already made one trip to Mt Pleasant, S.C. to inspect and accept a School House, just completed there.

I am General, Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servant
Ed. L. Deane,
Asst Sup't of Ed'n. SC.

Ent'd. So Car. 
  

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