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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., Aug 2 1869 Maj. Genl. O. O. Howard Com'r B of R.F. & A.L. Washington D.C. Gen'l, I have the honor to forward herewith the list of Surplus property in my possession I am very respectfully Your Obedt Serv't. Edw L Deane Asst Sup't. of Ed.
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edited: read instructions, don't have to use all caps even if word is all capped, Obedient Servant