This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Office Chief Accounting and Disbursing Officer, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 132 Pennsylvania Avenue, between 19th and 20th Streets, Washington, D.C., August 16th 1869 Jos. Welch. Supt. Education. State of Texas Sir. I enclose herewith Receipts in duplicate for 1 Chest and 1 packing Case as per your Invoices of 2nd inst. I am Sir Very Respectfully Your Obt Servant J.M. Brown Bvt. Major Disbursing Officer Bureau R.F. and A.L. (Austin Texas.)